{"id":305018,"date":"2025-11-24T06:19:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T06:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/305018\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T06:19:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T06:19:09","slug":"what-is-the-extent-of-deandre-aytons-knee-injury-suffered-in-lakers-win-vs-jazz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/305018\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Extent of Deandre Ayton&#8217;s Knee Injury Suffered in Lakers&#8217; Win vs. Jazz?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Los Angeles Lakers center Deandre Ayton was <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/47080259\/lakers-deandre-ayton-ruled-vs-jazz-right-knee-contusion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">forced to leave<\/a> Sunday&#8217;s 108-106 win over the Utah Jazz with a right knee contusion in the second quarter. He <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mcten\/status\/1992787922563813580\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">didn&#8217;t return<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Ayton collided with Jazz rookie forward Ace Bailey earlier in the first quarter. He was replaced by backup center Jaxson Hayes for the remainder of the contest after leaving the game in the second frame. Maxi Kleber also played a bigger role for the Lakers after the injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Ayton had two points, two rebounds and a steal in the 13 minutes he played.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The 27-year-old is averaging 16.5 points and 8.8 points per game in his first season in Los Angeles after being the team&#8217;s major offseason acquisition. The team has dealt with injuries to various players early in the season, including LeBron James and Luka Don\u010di\u0107, so Ayton&#8217;s solid start has been important for the 12-4 Lakers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Lakers center Deandre Ayton was forced to leave Sunday&#8217;s 108-106 win over the Utah Jazz with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305019,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-305018","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}