LOS ANGELES – The Lakers’ already depleted front line just got a little thinner.

Backup center Jaxson Hayes suffered a sprained left ankle during practice on Tuesday, the team announced. He sat out Wednesday night’s 128-123 win against the Memphis Grizzlies and will be reevaluated in one to two weeks.

“Honestly, it was a crazy play in practice against the coaches,” Lakers coach JJ Redick said before the Grizzlies game. “And he didn’t even land on an ankle. …It was just an awkward fall, rolling an ankle. There was no contact. I’m bummed about Jaxson.”

Hayes arrived at Crypto.com Arena on Wednesday in a walking boot. He told ESPN that the pain in his ankle had already started to subside and hoped he would be able to return on the shorter side of the estimated recovery time.

Hayes’ injury followed Redick saying Tuesday that another L.A. big man, Christian Wood, suffered a setback while accelerating his recovery from offseason surgery on his left knee and will have to sit out at least another month.

Hayes had one of his best games of the season, scoring 12 points on 4-for-6 shooting, 6 rebounds and 1 blocked shot as he capped LA’s win over the Toronto Raptors on Sunday after Anthony Davis was poked in the left eye . and left.

The Lakers outscored the Raptors by 21 in the 21 minutes Hayes was on the court.

With Hayes and Wood out, the Lakers’ roster features just one center besides Davis: two-way player Christian Koloko. The former second-round pick out of the University of Arizona sat out the 2023-2024 season due to a blood clot issue.

Koloko saw 13 minutes of action against the Grizzlies and scored four points.

He has now played in four games since being cleared to return by the NBA’s fitness to play panel: three for the Lakers and one for the South Bay Lakers, the organization’s G League affiliate.

“We rely on Christian Koloko to fill those minutes and depending on the matchups there may be opportunities to play small, but we have a lot of confidence and comfort with Christian,” Redick said Wednesday.