LeBron James could be placed aside ‘Weeks’ with groin injury

LeBron James headed toward the locker room with a tense left groin in Los Angeles Lakers‘ 111-101 loss on Boston Celtics Saturday. Now the 40-year-old superstar could be put aside “weeks”, According to ESPN.

James ended with 22 points, 14 rebounds and nine assists before going out in the middle of the fourth quarter, as the Lakers broke their eight -core string.

This is not the first time James dealt with with groin injury. The most significant missed 17 direct matches after suffering a tear on Christmas in the left groin 2018 on Christmas. James said on Saturday night that he did not believe that his latest injury was as bad as she did, by ESPN.

In his 22th season, James showed small signs of slowing down, an average of 25 points, 8.5 assists and 8.2 jumps per game. Last week he became The first NBA player who scored 50,000 career pointsThe post -season period included.

With James in the locker room, the Lakers reduced their deficit to one -core digit in the fourth quarter. But Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown He scored Boston’s last 12 points to preserve the victory.

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Luka Doncic He had 34 points and eight rebounds in his first game in Boston since he and Dallas Mavericks lost the match of the 5 NBA finals while Boston won his 18th championship.

Lakers (40-22) are currently the number 3 seeds at the Western Conference. The following will visit Brooklyn on Monday and will probably be without James that night and in the near future.

La will play eight games in the next two weeks, and five of these matches have come against the teams currently on the playoffs. This includes a home at home against Denver Nuggets, who led Lejkers for half a game on the ladder.

Associated Press contributed to this report.

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