Utah Jazz small forward Bojan Bogdanovic will miss Friday night's matchup with the Los Angeles Lakers with an ankle sprain.

The 30-year-old wing joined the Jazz this past offseason, signing a four-year, $73 million deal to move out west. Bogdanovic, a Croatia native, previously spent the last two seasons with the Indiana Pacers before signing with the Jazz as a free agent in the summer.

Bogdanovic was nursing his ankle injury in Wednesday's season-opening tilt with the Oklahoma City Thunder, which saw him pour in 16 points on 6-of-14 shooting from the field and 1-of-5 from long range in the five-point margin of victory for the Jazz.

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The Lakers are coming off of their season-opening loss to Staples Center rivals Los Angeles Clippers. Moreover, the Purple and Gold have had two days of rest without traveling before hosting Utah.

The Jazz will surely miss Bogdanovic shooting. Possible candidates to replace Bogey in the starting lineup are veteran forwards Jeff Green or Joe Ingles. Green signed with the Salt Lake City franchise in the offseason, while Ingles actually played a greater number of minutes than Bogdanovic in the season-opening game

Ingles, for his part, was mostly inactive against the Thunder, shooting 3-for-7 from the field for seven points.