LeBron James, ruled out for the game against the Thunder due to foot discomfort

ByDavid Mitchell
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LeBron James missed Tuesday’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder due to discomfort in his left foot, the Los Angeles Lakers announced.

LOS ANGELES — LeBron James He missed Tuesday’s game against Oklahoma City Thunder due to discomfort in the left footas announced Los Angeles Lakers.

LeBron James41, has dealt with left foot discomfort all season and is managing the injury after taking on a heavier workload in Sunday’s 134-128 loss to the Dallas Mavericks; In that game, he recorded 30 points, 15 assists and nine rebounds in 39 minutes, in LA’s first game after Luka Doncic (left hamstring) and Austin Reaves (left oblique) suffered significant injuries last week.

Tuesday marks the start of a stretch of three games in four nights for LA, which includes two consecutive games: Thursday on the road against the Golden State Warriors and Friday at home against the Phoenix Suns.

Currently, the Lakers occupy fourth place in the Western Conferencewith four games remaining in the regular season. They are half a game behind the Denver Nuggets, but they have the tiebreaker in their favor against Denver.

The Lakers will also not have Marcus Smart for the game against OKC. The player will miss his eighth consecutive game due to a right ankle bruise.

The Thunder are 3-0 against the Lakers so far this season, including a convincing 139-96 victory in Oklahoma City last Thursday.

David Mitchell
David Mitchell

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