The Lakers ruled out Larry Nance Jr. for Friday’s game against the Indiana Pacers, but he is nearing his return to playing. Nance went through a full practice Thursday at the Toyota Sports Center and impressed Lakers Coach Luke Walton. It’s just been a progression and today was the next step of that progression so I went through the whole thing today. Although the Lakers initially feared a worse injury, a medical examination showed no structural damage for Nance. So I tried to adjust to it.”Nicknaming ZubacNance feigned ignorance when asked a question about Zubac after practice on Thursday.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 20, 2017 00:30 UTC