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Lakers Nation > Blog > Lakers News > Lakers News: Larry Nance Jr. Expected To Miss 4-6 Weeks After Undergoing Surgery On Broken Hand
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Lakers News: Larry Nance Jr. Expected To Miss 4-6 Weeks After Undergoing Surgery On Broken Hand

Daniel Starkand
Published: 11/03/2017
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Lakers News: Larry Nance Jr. Expected To Miss 4-6 Weeks After Undergoing Surgery On Broken Hand
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Up until this point, the Los Angeles Lakers had gone through their first seven games of the season without any significant injuries.

That changed Thursday night against the Portland Trail Blazers though, as starting power forward Larry Nance Jr. left the game in the third quarter with a hand injury that was later diagnosed as a fractured second metacarpal in his left hand.

It was unknown whether the injury would require surgery or not and how much time he would be required to miss, but that was cleared up Friday afternoon as Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN is reporting that he is undergoing the surgery and will miss around 4-6 weeks:

Sources: Lakers forward Larry Nance Jr. undergoing surgery on fractured left hand today, with early expectation he'll miss 4-to-6 weeks.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) November 3, 2017

Playing without Nance will be difficult for this young Lakers team, as he was the glue guy in the starting lineup who did all the little things, particularly on the defensive end of the floor.

Luckily for the Lakers though, power forward is their deepest position as they have both Julius Randle and Kyle Kuzma backing him up, so one of them could easily be plugged into the starting rotation in his absence, although it’s currently unknown who head coach Luke Walton plans to go with.

Nance was off to the best start in his three seasons with the Lakers, averaging 10.6 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.5 steals while shooting 61.4 percent from the field in 23.1 minutes per game, all of which would be career-highs. 4-6 weeks would mean that Nance is able to return around mid-to-late December.

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ByDaniel Starkand
Daniel Starkand is a graduate from Chapman University with a degree in journalism and broadcast journalism. He grew up in Burbank, Calif. and played baseball at Burbank High and his first two years at Chapman. Along with serving as the managing editor for LakersNation.com, Daniel also serves as a senior writer, editor and social media manager for DodgerBlue.com Contact: daniel@mediumlargela.com
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