- The Los Angeles Lakers opted to keep rookie point guard Lonzo Ball out of Sunday's pre-season game against the Sacramento Kings, letting him rest his sprained left ankle. Ball missed his second straight game since he was hurt on Monday when he came down on Denver Nuggets point guard Emmanuel Mudiay's foot near the end of the first half of a pre-season contest. Lakers coach Luke Walton said Ball, the second overall selection in the draft in June, had trouble with lateral movement and there was some suggestion he could miss the rest of the pre-season.