Mike Bresnahan, LA Times

Show Luke Walton a chart of the human body and he’ll point out what was hurting.

His ankle, his hip, his lower back.

And his knees too, simply because he was favoring all the other injuries.

His body was malfunctioning, one part at a time, costing him his confidence and his minutes.

“I thought he was rushing things, just putting his head down a lot of times . . . ” Coach Phil Jackson said.

Then came the All-Star break. Walton no longer feels broken.

“I went to San Diego and did nothing but see my physical therapist down there for three straight days,” Walton said. “Everything’s starting to feel a lot better. It’s all connected and it was all hurting.”

The Lakers will need him to be healthy, particularly in the short run.

Walton has returned to the starting lineup in place of Vladimir Radmanovic, who is sidelined because of a strained right calf muscle.

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