Rajon Rondo has been upgraded to questionable for Game 2 of the Los Angeles Lakers' first round series against the Portland Trail Blazers.

Rondo has been out for the past 5½ weeks with a fractured thumb on his right hand.

"Rondo is working really hard to get back and we'll have him back when he's ready, not before," Frank Vogel said after practice Wednesday. "We're going to list him as questionable, which by definition means 50-50."

The Lakers' offense has struggled since the restart, which Rondo could help turn around.

"Anytime you have somebody who has the ability to create like Rondo does, that helps your offense," he said. "Certainly Rondo would help everything we do."