With Jarred Vanderbilt and Christian Wood both sidelined due to injury, the Los Angeles Lakers have relied heavily on backup center Jaxson Hayes to give them a frontcourt boost. Wood recently suffered a setback and will be reevaluated in four weeks while there is no new update on Vanderbilt.

The Lakers have cleared Anthony Davis to play Wednesday but will be without key backups Hayes and Christian Wood.

The team announced ahead of Wednesday’s home game against the Memphis Grizzlies that backup center Jaxson Hayes suffered a sprained left ankle ... 4.6 rebounds in 17.5 minutes through 10 games (one start) as the primary backup center to All-Star Anthony ...