Lakers rule LeBron James out vs. Thunder with foot soreness

LOS ANGELES — LeBron James will miss Tuesday’s night time recreation in opposition to the Oklahoma City Thunder due to left foot soreness, the Los Angeles Lakers introduced.

James, 41, has dealt with discomfort in his left foot all season and is managing the damage after taking up an even bigger workload in Sunday’s 134-128 loss to the Dallas Mavericks when he had 30 factors, 15 assists and 9 rebounds in 39 minutes in LA’s first recreation after Luka Doncic (left hamstring) and Austin Reaves (left indirect) suffered important accidents final week.

Tuesday is the beginning of a stretch of three video games in 4 nights for LA, with a back-to-back coming Thursday on the highway in opposition to the Golden State Warriors and Friday at residence in opposition to the Phoenix Suns.

The Lakers are at the moment No. 4 within the Western Conference with 4 video games remaining within the common season. They are a half recreation behind the Denver Nuggetshowever maintain the tiebreaker over Denver.

The Lakers will even be with out Marcus Smart in opposition to Oklahoma City. He will miss his eighth straight recreation with a proper ankle contusion.

The Thunder are 3-0 in opposition to the Lakers this season, together with a 139-96 blowout win in Oklahoma City on Thursday.