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Los Angeles Lakers
star LeBron James is expected to sit out the team's next two
games -- on the road against the Los Angeles Clippers and
Portland Trail Blazers -- to rest his injured ankle, ESPN
reported Tuesday.
After missing 20 games because of the injury, James returned to
play in the Lakers' loss to Sacramento on Friday and their loss
to Toronto on Sunday. He had 16 points, eight rebounds and seven
assists against the Kings; and added 19 points, seven rebounds
and six assists against the Raptors.
He didn't play the last 6 minutes, 42 seconds of the Raptors
game, and then sat out Los Angeles' win over Denver on Monday.
ESPN added that James could miss more games in order to be
better prepared for the postseason.
This season, the four-time NBA MVP is averaging 25.0 points, 7.9
rebounds and 7.8 assists per game.
The fifth-place Lakers, who have seven games left in the regular
season, are 37-28, a half-game ahead of the sixth-place Dallas
Mavericks and one game ahead of the seventh-place Trail Blazers.
The top six teams in the Western Conference qualify for the
playoffs without having to compete in the play-in tournament
between the teams seeded seventh through 10th.
(Field Level Media)
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