Is Russell Westbrook Playing Tonight vs Hornets? Lakers Star’s Injury Report Proves Massively Encouraging

Tonoy Sengupta
|PublishedDec 23, 2022

Is Russell Westbrook Playing Tonight vs Hornets? Lakers Star's Injury Report Proves Massively Encouraging

Dec 18, 2022; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Lakers guard Russell Westbrook (0) stands on the court in the first half against the Washington Wizards at Crypto.com Arena. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports

Russell Westbrook has turned out to be a savior of sorts for the Los Angeles Lakers this season. Frankly, he has been the kind of player most fans of the franchise were hoping he’d be ahead of last season. The kind of player that can take over when Anthony Davis and LeBron James can’t.

Now of course, while he has been amazing, he hasn’t been the franchise’s best this season. That title belongs to Anthony Davis. But after his relentless grit and grind to stay healthy for so long, the man has finally succumbed to injury.

With the Lakers’ big man out of commission for a while, the presence of Russell Westbrook becomes tantamount, especially against a team starting to rediscover itself.

With all that being said, is Russell Westbrook likely to participate in the contest against LaMelo Ball and the Charlotte Hornets?

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Latest injury report on Russell Westbrook brings back encouraging news for Lakers fans

The Charlotte Hornets have some really bad luck. First Paul George comes back against them, and now Russell Westbrook, along with Austin Reaves don’t see, that far away either.

Russell Westbrook making sure everybody knows he’s the NBA’s all-time triple-double leader pic.twitter.com/SMWln7Fkk8

— Michael Corvo (@michaelcorvoNBA) December 17, 2022

Simply put, yes, as per ESPN, Russell Westbrook is probable to feature against the Charlotte Hornets tonight.

But, with LaMelo Ball powering the Hornets to being competitive again, this contest won’t be easy.

Will the Lakers have what it takes to take down Michael Jordan’s team at the Crypto.com Arena?

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Tonoy Sengupta

Tonoy Sengupta is a Senior Editor at The SportsRush. Coming from an athletically inclined family, he has been surrounded by sports ever since he was 4 years old. But, while initially pouring all his time into Football (soccer), at 14, Tonoy discovered basketball through the countless highlights of Stephen Curry humiliating players from Curry Land. And just like that, a fiery passion for the game was ignited within Tonoy. And soon after, he decided to become a student of journalism, graduating in 2022, and choosing sports as his area of interest. Today, you can find him spending 99% of his time browsing through every type of content on every team in the NBA, before uncorking everything he has found to the world. In the 1% he isn't doing this, you can find him playing Basketball, Football, Volleyball, or practically any other sport he has had the opportunity to learn.

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