Lakers Injury List Expands to Add Sasha Vujacic

Lakers’ backup point guard Sasha Vujacic’s back spasms may render the Lakers minus another player for games in Houston and San Antonio, although Lamar Odom may be able to return to the court. The Lakers play in Houston tonight and in San Antonio Wednesday with a hurting (health-wise) lineup, as Vujacic is the latest Laker to join the others in the trainer’s room. Luke Walton and Jordan Farmar didn’t make the trip to Texas and although Vujacic may travel to meet up with the team if his back improves in the next few days, he didn’t board the charter flight Monday afternoon with the rest of the players.

Lamar Odom sat out the last three games due to a bone bruise in his right knee, but he took part in a half-court three-on-three on Monday and may play tonight if he is feeling fine after Monday’s scrimmage. Lakers’ Coach Phil Jackson told the L.A. Times, “We’ll see how he feels. He looked OK, but it wasn’t a lot of running full court.” Derek Fisher may be a solo ballhandling guard if Odom and Vujacic are out, but Jackson addressed the problem at practice: “I did say that Vlade [Vladimir Radmanovic] may jave to play guard. At that point, everybody kind of rolled their eyes.” At that point Jackson (who was quite possibly joking) was rescued by Odom, who volunteered to play.

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