Lakers’ Ryan Kelly listed as questionable to play Sunday vs. Charlotte

The Lakers are facing uncertainty beyond when they will actually win a game. They also wonder when they will have a healthy roster.

That issue became more unpredictable after Lakers forward Ryan Kelly sat out of practice on Friday for the second consecutive day because of a right hamstring that coach Byron Scott said “tightened up.” The Lakers (0-5) are listing Kelly questionable for Sunday’s game against the Charlotte Hornets (2-3) at Staples Center.

Scott said it’s a “good sign” that Kelly’s latest condition does not suggest that he reinjured his right hamstring, an injury coupled with a previously left hamstring strain that kept him out until the Lakers’ loss on Tuesday to Phoenix. But Kelly only played seven minutes and posted two points on 1 of 2 shooting.

“If it feels better tomorrow, we’ll make a step more to make it on the practice court for some length of time and then see how he responds on Sunday,” Scott said. “It’s been something a lot slower than we expected. We don’t want to risk the fact that if we throw him out there, he ruptures or and tears it, then he’s done for a long time. We might have to be little more patient and wait a few more days or weeks.”

Kelly averaged eight points on 33.8 percent shooting his rookie season with the Lakers.

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