LeBron James might be dominated out of the Los Angeles Lakers’ sport in Minnesota on Friday evening because of ache in his left foot.
James will miss his second straight sport when the Lakers return from a four-day break to face the Timberwolves, the Lakers introduced Thursday.
The main scorer in NBA historical past was absent from the staff this week in an excused absence attributed to “private causes,” coach JJ Redick mentioned Wednesday. It’s unclear whether or not James will make the quick spherical journey to Minnesota earlier than the Lakers’ subsequent sport at dwelling in opposition to Memphis on Sunday.
James missed his first sport of his record-tying twenty second NBA season when the Lakers beat Portland dwelling final Sunday. That absence was additionally attributed to his foot damage.
James is averaging 23.0 factors, 9.1 assists and eight.0 rebounds for the Lakers (13-11), who’ve misplaced seven of 10 after a 10-4 begin.
The Lakers promoted starter Austin Reaves to questionable for the sport at Minnesota after he missed Los Angeles’ earlier 5 video games with a pelvic bruise. Anthony Davis is listed as presumably affected by left plantar fasciitis.
Associated Press reporting.
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