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UCLA basketball: Lazeric Jones’ injured finger not expected to hinder shooting

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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UCLA Coach Ben Howland said Tuesday that junior guard Lazeric Jones’ bothersome finger should not hinder his shooting the rest of the season.

‘He shot it great this morning,’ Howland said.

Howland said Jones was tentative after injuring the middle finger of his right hand in the first half against Washington on Dec. 31 but that his hesitancy shouldn’t be an issue going forward.

‘Now he kind of knows what it is,’ said Howland, adding that Jones was scheduled to undergo a precautionary X-ray on Tuesday. Jones will also wear a splint 24 hours a day on the finger.

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Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

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