Lonzo Ball, an American basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers, returned  to the court on July 4, six months after being diagnosed with an ankle sprain. Ball sprained the ankle on January 19 in a game against the Houston Rockets. While Ball was originally expected to return before the end of the season, the Lakers decided to let Ball heal more completely and return over the Summer. It was the third time Ball had sprained his ankle injury during the season but he had not missed any time during the previous instances.