Lakers' Jarred Vanderbilt day-to-day after dislocating right pinky finger - BERITAJA

Though Jarred Vanderbilt suffered a gruesome dislocated correct pinky wounded during the Lakers’ loss successful Game 1 against the Thunder connected Tuesday, coach JJ Redick said his guardant has been listed arsenic day-to-day for the second-round series.

Vanderbilt, who is left-handed, was injured successful the 2nd 4th trying to artifact a dunk by Oklahoma City’s Chet Holmgren, but his manus deed the backboard. Vanderbilt instantly doubled complete successful pain, arsenic the bony collapsed done the tegument and had to beryllium put backmost successful place.

“They were capable to put his digit backmost together and it’s splinted and he’s day-to-day,” Redick said Wednesday.

The Lakers and Thunder play Game 2 present Thursday nighttime astatine Paycom Center.

Redick said it was a “reduction” for Vanderbilt, meaning it was a process to reconstruct his dislocated finger.

Vanderbilt had his digit taped and had a splint connected the digit aft the game.

“Yeah. I mean, he’s evidently a tough-minded subordinate and person,” Redick said. “It just, he had a afloat dislocation. So they conscionable put the worldly backmost together. You know, he’ll beryllium day-to-day.”

Redick was asked if it’ll beryllium a symptom tolerance rumor for his defensive-minded forward.

“Certainly the symptom is involved,” Redick said. “From my understanding, it’s fundamentally making judge fundamentally the insubstantial is healed enough. We’re evidently going to splint him, but making judge the insubstantial is healed capable to protect his tegument barrier.”

Jaxson Hayes called Vanderbilt’s digit wounded “disgusting” because the “whole bony was retired of his skin.”

“Obviously, you ne'er want to spot 1 of your teammates spell down,” Hayes said. “But, I mean, that was gross. That was really gross.”