{"id":360610,"date":"2025-12-21T23:38:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T23:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/360610\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T23:38:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T23:38:15","slug":"sources-clippers-c-ivica-zubac-has-grade-2-ankle-sprain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/360610\/","title":{"rendered":"Sources: Clippers C Ivica Zubac has Grade 2 ankle sprain"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sunday, December 21, 2025 11:36PM<\/p>\n

LA Clippers<\/a> center Ivica Zubac<\/a> will sit out several weeks because of a Grade 2 left ankle sprain, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Zubac exited in the first half of Saturday’s 103-88 win over the Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> and did not return. He fell to the court in a heap late in the first quarter and immediately hobbled to the locker room for evaluation andBrook Lopez<\/a> substituted in for him. Zubac finished with five points and two rebounds in 11 minutes.<\/p>\n

Before the game, Lakers center Jaxson Hayes<\/a> said Zubac — who was averaging 16 points and 11.5 rebounds headed into the win — would be a challenge.<\/p>\n

“Zu is a dog, man,” Hayes said after the Lakers’ shootaround Saturday morning. “He’s, honestly, I feel like one of the most slept-on bigs in the league, man. If you play him, you know he’s like that. Zu has been like that for years.”<\/p>\n

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