Jaxson Hayes is averaging 6.3 points and a career-high 4.6 rebounds per game in 2024-2025.

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EL SEGUNDO— Los Angeles Lakers backup center Jaxson Hayes sprained his left ankle in practice and he won’t play when they host the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night (10ET, ESPN).

The Lakers said the injury occurred Tuesday. Hayes will be re-evaluated in two weeks.

The 7-foot-1 Hayes is averaging 6.3 points and a career-high 4.6 rebounds per game as the top backup to Anthony Davis. The only other healthy player over 6-foot-1 on the Lakers’ roster is 7-foot-2 rookie Christian Koloko, who has played in just two games.

Hayes scored twelve points on the season the Lakers’ 123-103 victory over Toronto on Sunday evening after Davis was stabbed in the eye by Jakob Poeltl midway through the third quarter and couldn’t continue. Hayes played 35 minutes in Memphis last week when Davis rested his sore heel.

Davis plans to play Wednesday despite his latest eye injury, but the Lakers will be without Hayes and big man Christian Wood, who suffered a setback in his recovery from knee surgery and still hasn’t played this season.