The Los Angeles Lakers entered the Battle of Marquesina on Saturday with the Boston Celtics riding an eight -game winning streak, but they left after losing more than just the game. With 6:44 remaining in the last quarter, LeBron James left the game while the Lakers advanced in his attempt to return 22 points, but did not return. He was discarded for the game with a tension from the left groin, and now, according to ESPNIt is expected that at least one or two weeks will be lost. It will be reasvaluted in 24 hours when the lesion is calmed.
James took an optimistic tone when asked about his level of concern in his availability of media after the game. “There is not much concern,” he saying After the game. “I am obviously day by day. I will look at it every day and see if it improves. We will take the appropriate measures to see what we need to do in the future.” If James can return in a weeks, that should be treated as a victory for the Lakers, given the most destructive amount that could have been a worse tension.
LeBron James injury: How Lakers can survive in the coming weeks without the face of the league
Sam Quinn
The injury occurred when James led the basket against Jaylen Brown. He tried a turn movement and followed that with two head fakes, and finally turned the tray. James had a slight limp after the scoreboard, but tried to play defense in the next possession.
On the trip that followed the floor, Brown led to a fast tray and James visibly pointed out the bank to ask for being removed from the game.
“The last score I had in Jaylen Brown, probably extended it too much,” James said after the game. “A pair of pivots and then, when I stood out, I felt it.”
Groin strains can be complicated lesions. James, in particular, suffered a tear in the left groin at Christmas 2018 in a game against the Golden State Warriors that ended up derailing his season, but said that one felt much worse than Saturday night. In November 2022, he left a game against the Los Angeles clippers with another injury to the groin, and finally lost five games when he recovered. The severity of the tension will contribute greatly to determine how long this injury costs James.
The Lakers have prospered lately, and although the acquisition of Luka Dončić has been an important part of that, James has been the catalyst of the team. The Lakers had gone 18-3 in their previous 21 games that entered on Saturday, and James averaged 27.4 points, 9.4 rebounds and 7.9 assists in that period with a very strong efficiency while playing an excellent defense. Now the Lakers will have to adapt to life without him for the moment.
