LeBron James

'S***, I hope not': LeBron's 'horrible' injury reveals dire Lakers reality.

“I mean, from the time I turned my ankle I felt a sharp pain run up my leg. I understood how big of a game it was for us.” James came down on his left ankle awkwardly when he stepped on Pelicans center Jaxson Hayes’ sneaker with 10:09 remaining in the second quarter while the Lakers were up 36-29. I stepped on his foot and rolled my ankle.” The loss dropped the Lakers behind the Pelicans in the standings and gave New Orleans the potentially crucial tie-breaker. It’s pretty nasty,” James said after finishing with 39 points, nine rebounds and five assists.

The latest injuries to the Lakers continue to stall their season as time begins to run out.

LeBron's ankle injury is just the latest in a slew of injuries that has befallen the Lakers this season. Doncic ranks fifth in the NBA in scoring with 27.9 points per game, just 2.2 points behind James. All of those injuries, plus some peculiar roster construction, has led to the Lakers lackluster season. He is currently listed as "doubtful" for the team's game against the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday. “I have no idea how I finished the game," said James of the injury. The loss to the Pelicans on Sunday night was especially damaging.

“Well, he definitely had some swelling from the ankle, the ankle sprain, and we'll list him as doubtful for tomorrow,” Lakers coach Frank Vogel said on Zoom. “ ...

But we have to lock in, and again like we’ve done all season, we have to shift our identity on the floor with regards to who’s in and who’s out.” When you have a foot injury like this, it’s not as easy to do all your running and stay in shape as if you had a wrist injury or something like that. So that’s gonna take time, and because of that, you have to be more cautious with a return to play. “So, we’re at a point now where it’s really about how he responds to that and the level of soreness he has coming out of his first live work. “Definitely snake bitten with trying to get those guys on the floor together,” Vogel said. Still, having them both on the court as they limp toward the finish line of their underachieving season is paramount as the 10th-place Lakers try to hold off the San Antonio Spurs for the NBA’s play-in tournament.

LeBron James made some very concerning comments about the ankle injury he sustained in the Lakers' loss on Sunday to the Pelicans.

He remained in the contest and still managed to pour in the points as he remained hot from the outside. To add injury to insult, LeBron James sprained his ankle in the second quarter, just as he was playing extremely well and catapulting L.A. to its big lead. The Los Angeles Lakers essentially sabotaged their season and their chances of reaching the play-in tournament when they blew a 23-point lead and fell to the New Orleans Pelicans.

LeBron James said his left ankle felt "horrible" after turning it in the first half of the Los Angeles Lakers' 116-108 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans on ...

– – Lakers jump out to a 10-0 lead in what is the biggest game of the season up to this point. Herb and LeBron meeting on fast breaks a couple times already. The Lakers have increased a lead with LeBron on the bench. LeBron is down on the floor and reaching at his left ankle. LeBron James went down to the floor after appearing to tweak his left ankle. LeBron now has five 3-pointers tonight with 4 minutes left in the first half. LeBron James (25 pts) and the Lakers came up and punched the Pels square in the mouth to start this one. … It’s pretty sore right now.” – On the injury: “I have no idea how I finished the game.” Says it’s “horrible” at the moment. “I mean, I have no idea how I finished the game, to be honest, after watching that replay,” James said after finishing with 39 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists in 42 minutes against New Orleans. “It’s pretty nasty.”

Just minutes after leading the Pelicans to a key win over the Lakers, Murphy delivered yet another assist and it wasn't to a teammate.

It was likely even more memorable for her that Murphy helped lead the Pelicans to a key win. It was his second-highest scoring effort of the season, trailing only his 32-point performance on March 11, and it came at a critical time for New Orleans. Murphy produced 21 points and four rebounds off the bench as the Pelicans defeated the Lakers, 116-108.