Jarred Vanderbilt Rumors

Los Angeles Lakers forward Jarred Vanderbilt sustained a full dislocation of his right pinkie during Tuesday's 108-90 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinals series, sources told ESPN's Shams Charania. Vanderbilt was injured when he attempted to block a dunk by Thunder center Chet Holmgren. Vanderbilt swiped at Holmgren behind the play and hit his finger on the corner of the backboard. Holmgren made the dunk to put the Thunder up 48-39 with 5:57 left in the second quarter.

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Vanderbilt needed stitches postgame because the bone in his dislocated pinkie finger broke skin, sources said. Lakers assistant athletic trainer Octavio Marquez Montoya and coach JJ Redick walked the length of the court to attend to Vanderbilt, who was on the opposite baseline.

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Dan Woike: Jared Vanderbilt suffered a dislocation of his finger, JJ Redick says. Some teammates are refusing to watch the play. Horrible luck for a player who has been very important behind the scenes and who adds an on-court toughness that they need.

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Shams Charania: Lakers forward Jarred Vanderbilt has sustained a full dislocation of his right pinky finger in a gruesome injury tonight, sources tell ESPN.

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Dan Woike: The Lakers have just ruled Jared Vanderbilt out for the rest of the game with a finger injury

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Dave McMenamin: Replays appear to show Vando hurting his right hand/wrist on his chasedown block attempt.

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Joel Lorenzi: Jarred Vanderbilt emerges from the gaggle near Thunder bench holding his wrist. Didn’t see what happened, but trainers escorted him to the locker room. Think he tried to defend that last break.

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Khobi Price: Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves are at the Lakers' practice facility, joining Jake LaRavia and Jarred Vanderbilt while they shoot free throws

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?Edwin Garcia?: Jarred Vanderbilt on his argument with JJ Redick and coming together after it: "We both realized this is the group we got."

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Benjamin Royer: Jarred Vanderbilt spoke for the 1st time since his interaction with coach JJ Redick on Thursday vs. OKC: “We talked about it, moved on from it, and at this point in the season, we both realize, this is the group we got. So it's definitely not a time for anybody to separate.”

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Dave McMenamin: JJ Redick said he has met with Jarred Vanderbilt since the OKC situation the other night. Redick did not share details about what was shared but said the talk went “great.”

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‪Edwin Garcia‬: JJ Redick said it was "nothing personal" between Jarred Vanderbilt and himself. He said he called a timeout to sub him out due to a "confluence of things."

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Khobi Price: Jarred Vanderbilt has been upgraded to available for tonight at Dallas. Kobe Bufkin, Dalton Knecht and Adou Thiero have also all been recalled from the South Bay Lakers over the last couple of days.

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