Jaxson Hayes, Lakers' reserve center, ruled out against Grizzlies due to ankle sprain

The Lakers have announced that the injury took place on Tuesday. Hayes is scheduled to undergo a reevaluation within a two-week timeframe.

The 7-foot Hayes is averaging 6.3 points and a career-high 4.6 rebounds per game as the top backup for Anthony Davis. The only other healthy player over 6-foot-9 on the Lakers’ roster is 7-foot newcomer Christian Koloko, who has played in only two games.

Hayes scored a season-high 12 points in 

the Lakers’ 123-103 victory over Toronto

 on Sunday night after Davis was 

poked in the eye by Jakob Poeltl

 midway through the third quarter and couldn’t continue. Hayes played a season-high 35 minutes last week in Memphis when Davis sat out to rest his sore heel.

Davis intends to play Wednesday

 despite his latest eye injury, but the Lakers will be without Hayes and big man Christian Wood, who had a setback in his recovery from knee surgery and still hasn’t played this season.