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Lakers’ Jordan Hill cleared to play

Jordan Hill has been cleared to play for the Lakers after undergoing hip surgery in January.
(Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
By Mike Bresnahan
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SAN ANTONIO — Lakers reserve center-forward Jordan Hill has been cleared to play, the team said Wednesday.

It’s somewhat surprising, given the fact the Lakers initially said he would be out for the entire season after undergoing hip surgery in January. More recently, he was deemed out until at least the second round of the playoffs.

Hill has not played since Jan. 6. He is averaging 6.7 points and 5.7 rebounds in his second season with the Lakers.

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He has taken part in some recent practices but mostly without contact. It was unclear how much action he would get, if any, when the Lakers play San Antonio on Wednesday night. The Lakers trail the series, 1-0.

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Mike Bresnahan

Mike Bresnahan previously covered the Lakers for the Los Angeles Times. He started the beat in 2004, a month after Shaquille O’Neal was traded, and covered several seasons of mediocrity before the Lakers won back-to-back championships in 2009 and 2010. Now they’re back to mediocrity. Bresnahan is from Los Angeles, started with The Times after graduating the University of Wisconsin in 1994, and has also covered the L.A. Kings, pro beach volleyball and numerous colleges and high schools. He left The Times in 2016.

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