Overview
- Sources say Jones will be available for the home game against Detroit at the Intuit Dome.
- He has been out since a collision with Boston’s Jaylen Brown on Nov. 16 led to a right-knee MCL sprain, with tests showing no structural damage.
- Before the injury he was starting and averaged 10.4 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.1 assists over 13 games.
- Los Angeles has won three straight after a slow start, and he brings back a defensive presence the team has been missing.
- Coach Tyronn Lue has relied on makeshift lineups with Ivica Zubac sidelined by an ankle sprain into mid-January.