{"id":159671,"date":"2024-03-07T16:25:35","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T16:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/07\/lebron-james-exits-game-due-to-ankle-issues-as-lakers-lose-to-sacramento-kings\/"},"modified":"2024-03-07T16:25:35","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T16:25:35","slug":"lebron-james-exits-game-due-to-ankle-issues-as-lakers-lose-to-sacramento-kings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/07\/lebron-james-exits-game-due-to-ankle-issues-as-lakers-lose-to-sacramento-kings\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron James exits game due to ankle issues as Lakers lose to Sacramento Kings \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>LeBron James limped off the court and into the locker room in the waning minutes of the Los Angeles Lakers\u2019 130-120 loss to the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll be all right,\u201d James said after getting his left ankle examined, his 31 points and 13 assists in 36 minutes having gone to waste in the defeat. \u201cIt\u2019s just my ankle. It\u2019s just what I\u2019ve been dealing with before the [All-Star] break, after the break. I\u2019m just managing it the best way I can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>James said there was no specific play that caused him discomfort Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI played the whole third, sat a little bit to start the fourth, and when I got back in, it kind of just \u2014 whatever,\u201d James said. \u201cIt\u2019s just something I\u2019ve been dealing with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A source familiar with the injury told ESPN the ankle pain is simply being caused by \u201cwear and tear\u201d for the 39-year-old James, who is in his 21st season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome games are better than others,\u201d James said. \u201cI didn\u2019t feel it at all against OKC [on Monday]. And I didn\u2019t feel it at all until the fourth quarter tonight. So, each game, each day is different.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_581683\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/LeBron-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-581683\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">LeBron James Photo Courtesy: AP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_581681\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Fox-Davis.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-581681\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Anthony Davis attempts to block De\u2019Aaron Fox shot Photo Courtesy: AP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>James came into the night listed as questionable because of the left ankle injury. He did not clarify whether he will be able to play Friday when L.A. hosts the Milwaukee Bucks.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Davis said the Lakers have enough to get back on track if James must miss time. But Davis had a far less sunny outlook about what happened against the Kings.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_581680\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Davis-.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-581680\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Anthony Davis Photo Courtesy: AP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Kings\u2019 win, their third in three tries against the Lakers, means Sacramento will win the season series with L.A. no matter what happens next week \u2014 something that could haunt the Lakers in a tiebreak scenario for postseason seeding.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_581682\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Hachimura.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-581682\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rui Hachimura Photo Courtesy: AP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The loss, the second in the past three games for the Lakers, dropped them to No. 10 in the West.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0ESPN<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LeBron James limped off the court and into the locker room in the waning minutes of the Los Angeles Lakers\u2019 130-120 loss to the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday. \u201cI\u2019ll be all right,\u201d James said after getting his left ankle examined, his 31 points and 13 assists in 36 minutes having gone to waste in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":159672,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-159671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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