Report: LeBron James out at least two weeks, and likely longer, with foot injury

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Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James can have his proper foot injury reassessed in two weeks, however he’s anticipated to be out for an extended time interval, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski stories.

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Wojnarowski says the Lakers’ place within the standings may play a job in figuring out when James returns.

The Lakers (29-32) are at the moment twelfth within the West, a half recreation out of a play-in event spot.

The Lakers have already dominated James — the NBA’s all-time main scorer — out for Tuesday’s recreation at Memphis with what they known as proper foot soreness.

James performed 37 minutes within the Lakers’ 111-108 win at Dallas on Sunday, serving to Los Angeles rally from a 27-point deficit. However he left the world with a pronounced limp, with video from The Dallas Morning Information displaying how a lot the foot was bothering him.

He received harm within the third quarter, grabbing at the ankle after spending a while on the ground in apparent ache. However he stayed in to complete the sport, noting how necessary it was to the Lakers’ playoff hopes.

“It’s been higher,” James mentioned. “However I undoubtedly wasn’t going to locker room and not end the sport. The significance of this recreation and then the momentum that we had, I felt like we may steal one after being down.”

James leads the Lakers in scoring at 29.5 factors per recreation, and mentioned at the All-Star break earlier this month that the crew’s closing stretch this season can be among the most necessary video games he has performed — noting he didn’t wish to miss the postseason for a second consecutive yr.

— with recordsdata from AP

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