LeBron James won’t be available when the Lakers host the defending NBA champions on Tuesday night.
The Lakers ruled out the star forward for their home game against the Oklahoma City Thunder at Crypto.com Arena because of left foot injury management.
James entered Tuesday as questionable before being downgraded to out.
The Lakers are in a stretch of three games in four days.
They have their last back-to-back set of the season to close out the week with matchups against the Warriors in San Francisco (Thursday) and Suns in Los Angeles.
The Lakers are already without star guards Luka Doncic (Grade 2 left hamstring strain) and Austin Reaves (Grade 2 left oblique strain) for the remainder of the regular season.
Starting guard Marcus Smart was also listed as out against the Thunder, missing his eighth consecutive game because of a right ankle contusion.
James is coming off recording 30 points, 15 assists and 9 rebounds in Sunday’s road loss to the Mavericks, which was the Lakers’ first game since the injuries to Doncic and Reaves.
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
