Los Angeles Lakers forward Larry Nance Jr. received good news Friday when an MRI revealed that his injured right wrist is sprained and not fractured, as it was initially feared.
Nance was injured with only seconds remaining in Thursday's 88-80 summer league loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Lakers said after the game that X-rays taken showed a "probable fracture.''
In a statement, the Lakers announced Nance's status and said the second-year former Wyoming standout is day to day and won't play in his team's summer league finale Friday night versus the Utah Jazz.
Nance, who has been one of the Lakers' most promising players throughout summer league, suffered the injury during a fourth-quarter drive to the basket when a Cavaliers player drew a charge, causing Nance to hit the floor hard and apparently land on his wrist.
Nance returned to Los Angeles and was seen by Lakers team physician Dr. Steve Lombardo and hand specialist Dr. Steve Shin of the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic, the Lakers announced. Along with there being no fracture, Nance also didn't suffer any ligament damage in his wrist, the Lakers said.
Information from ESPN's Baxter Holmes and The Associated Press was used in this report.
