LeBron James Injured After Key Play, Decides to Stop Diving This Season

LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers pulled off an enormous win on Saturday, taking down the Denver Nuggets, 127-125 in overtime. James performed a key position within the win, registering 17 factors on 7-of-13 taking pictures, six rebounds, 5 assists, two steals and one triple in 40 minutes of motion.

The Lakers improved to 42-25 as they stored their scorching streak going. LA has now received 5 straight video games and eight in its final 9 contests. This current streak has seen them climb the Western Conference standings. As of writing, James and Co. are third within the West, with a 0.5-game benefit over the fourth-seeded Houston Rockets.

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James, nonetheless, didn’t come out of the Nuggets sport unscathed. On Monday, the 41-year-old took to social media to share a painful replace about an damage he sustained within the win.

James got here up with an enormous hustle play with below a minute left in regulation. The 22-time All-Star dove for a rebound to hold the possession for his group. Even head coach JJ Redick was left in awe by James’ sudden transfer.

“I informed him after the sport, in 23 years of watching you play within the NBAand the three years I watched you play in highschool, I by no means noticed you make a full-out extension dive like that,” the Lakers coach admitted.

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Unfortunately, James gashed his leg on the play, inflicting a deep lower. The four-time NBA champion shared a video through his instagram stories. He additionally introduced his resolution not to carry out an analogous dive this season.

“Might be it for diving for the 12 months! Ouch 😣!! LOL!” I have captioned the post.