{"id":1920964,"date":"2026-05-06T13:17:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T10:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1920964"},"modified":"2026-05-06T13:17:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T10:17:27","slug":"lakers-jarred-vanderbilt-suffers-gruesome-finger-injury-in-game-1-vs-thunder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1920964","title":{"rendered":"Lakers\u2019 Jarred Vanderbilt suffers gruesome finger injury in Game 1 vs. Thunder"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"Article_ContentContainer__jBNW3 article-content-container bodytext1\">\n<p>OKLAHOMA CITY \u2014 Los Angeles Lakers forward Jarred Vanderbilt dislocated his right pinkie Tuesday night during Game 1 against the Oklahoma City Thunder, team sources confirmed, with photos and video appearing to show that the joint punctured his skin. The injury occurred while Vanderbilt was trying to block a Chet Holmgren dunk, and he doubled over in pain after smacking his finger on the backboard.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container\">\n<div class=\"ad-wrapper article-treatment\">\n<div class=\"ad-slug-container\">\n<p class=\"ad-slug\">Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mid1\" data-position=\"mid1\" class=\"ad place-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Lakers medical personnel covered the finger with a towel and immediately brought Vanderbilt to the locker room, where Paycom Center workers could hear his pained screams.<\/p>\n<div id=\"top-league-content-root\"><\/div>\n<p>    {&#8220;endpoint&#8221;:&#8221;https:\/\/api-prd-nyt.theathletic.com\/graphql&#8221;}<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s tough as nails. So if Vando was in pain, then something actually really happened,\u201d LeBron James said. \u201cSo, it sucks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some teammates refused to watch a replay after it happened. Thunder players on the bench <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/2051861824442606049\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">quickly turned away<\/a> when Vanderbilt\u2019s finger was exposed to them. Lakers star Luka Don\u010di\u0107 was wincing along with Vanderbilt as he walked by.<\/p>\n<p>Vanderbilt, 27, is an important reserve for the Lakers who supplies much-needed on-court toughness and behind-the-scenes calm. He averaged 4.4 points and 4.5 rebounds in 17.4 minutes per game this season.<\/p>\n<p>In his absence, the Lakers, who are already missing Don\u010di\u0107 and recently welcomed Austin Reaves back to the lineup from injury, used an eight-man rotation for the rest of their 108-90 Game 1 defeat.<\/p>\n<div data-ath-video-stream=\"6M0YYWzQVyHgjfI\"><\/div>\n<p>Forward Jake LaRavia, who logged 14 minutes in Game 1, will likely see increased playing time in Vanderbilt\u2019s absence.<\/p>\n<p>Game 2 is scheduled for Thursday night in Oklahoma City.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OKLAHOMA CITY \u2014 Los Angeles Lakers forward Jarred Vanderbilt dislocated his right pinkie Tuesday night during Game 1 against the Oklahoma City Thunder, team sources confirmed, with photos and video appearing to show that the joint punctured his skin. The injury occurred while Vanderbilt was trying to block a Chet Holmgren dunk, and he doubled [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,241],"class_list":["post-1920964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-nytimes-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1920964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1920964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1920964\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1920964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1920964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1920964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}