Finney-Smith is questionable for Thursday's game against the Wizards due to a right shoulder contusion, Daniel Starkand of LakersNation.com reports. After making two straight starts, Finney-Smith reverted to a reserve role against the 76ers on Tuesday due to the return of Rui Hachimura (calf).
The Los Angeles Lakers managed to escape with a 102-101 win against the Brooklyn Nets, though it shouldn’t have been that close despite Anthony Davis not being active.
Los Angeles Lakers forward Dorian Finney-Smith does a whole lot of talking on the court and it turns out there is a good reason for it. During an interview with The Los Angeles Times, Finney-Smith explained why he never shuts up.
Will Anthony Davis and Dorian Finney-Smith play on Sunday versus the Clippers after they missed Friday's game against the Nets?
Lakers head coach JJ Redick recently mentioned that Dorian Finney-Smith was on a minutes restriction due to an ankle injury he had been dealing with since early in the regular season. But this month, Redick was allowed to increase Finney-Smith’s minutes.
The Lakers will need Anthony Davis and Dorian Finney-Smith to return to action if they are to have any chance of defeating the Clippers on Sunday.
The LA Lakers are set to renew their rivalry with the LA Clippers on Sunday, marking the first meeting between the two Los Angeles teams this season.
Davis hasn't just given the front office a directionless mandate to improve the team — he has ideas on how it should be done, namely that the Lakers trade for a center so that he can slide to the 4, which he has long stated is his preferred position. Rob Pelinka, I hope you're listening.
The Lakers commit 22 turnovers and struggle on defense after Davis departs as their four-game win streak ends with a 118-104 loss to a Philadelphia team playing without Joel Embiid and Paul
Los Angeles Lakers big man Anthony Davis exited early in Tuesday night's 118-104 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers with an abdominal muscle strain and did not return. Davis subbed out with 2:10 remaining in the first quarter,
When Anthony Davis is rolling he is as good as any big man in the league — and he was rolling Monday night in Charlotte. Going against what's left of the Hornets' big man core, Davis was getting to the rim at will,