LOS ANGELES — The Lakers were without starting forward Rui Hachimura and backup center Jaxson Hayes for the third and fourth consecutive games, respectively, on Tuesday night, but there is hope they’ll both return within the next week.
Hachimura was officially sidelined because of a sprained left ankle – a correction in his injury status after being listed on the injury report because of a sprained right ankle in for the Nov. 15 road win against the San Antonio Spurs and the Nov. 16 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans.