Leberron James came out on the long -awaited Saturday between Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celkus with the thigh strain.
In the middle of the fourth quarter, the 40 -year -old left the Treasury room, and he was soon excluded for the rest of the match. He ended his night with 22 points, 14 rebounds and nine decisive passes, with Lakers loss at 111-101.
The injury seemed to occur while James made some central moves in the game. And he proceeded to point out that it was taken out after the following defensive possession, and then no longer has been tested within a deadline.
This is the play that Liberation seemed to have. Leave after the next possession
Based on Overstretch on the axis, I am concerned about its left headquarters (thigh) pic.twitter.com/p7fg0twr10
– doctor. Evan Jeffrez, DPT (Gameinjurydoc) March 9, 2025
JJ Redick, the Lakers coach, had no additional details after the match, but he admitted that he was “clear concern” about James’s health. Dave McMinamin also mentioned from ESPN The initial thought is that James will be out of weeks instead of days.
However, James does not seem to believe that the injury was dangerous after that. However, he admitted that consulting with coach Mike Mansias for more tests and photography is necessary.
“Not a lot of anxiety,” James told reporters. “Obviously, we will go daily and look at it every day and see whether it is better and then take the appropriate measures and see what we need to go forward in it.”
Liberon on the thigh injury:
“Not a lot of anxiety … It is clear that we will go daily and look at it every day and see whether it is improving and then taking appropriate measures and we see what we need to move forward with it.” pic.twitter.com/uwhuxxzbah
– Spectrum Sportsnet (Spectrumsn) March 9, 2025
James added that this injury did not feel dangerous, such as the thigh injury he suffered in 2018 on Christmas day, which occurred against Golden Steait Warriors. This led to his marginalization for 17 games and remained during the rest of this season.
“I was there before and I know the type of injury we are dealing with,” he said, and he said he expected to stay with Lakers during the remaining three matches on their wild journey.
The injury and loss stopped what was a dream extension for the Lakers, who entered on Saturday by winning eight games after his Doric League trade. This step seemed to activate James, who has moved from average 24 points per game before trade to 28.5 in games since then.
It is clear that a major James injury will be a blow to the elbows, who have just started a wild trip that will also see Milwoki Paczi and Denver Nagits. It will also lead to more pressure on Dončić to lead a team that he joined a month ago.
James has missed only four games so far this season and entered Saturday on the right track of most of his matches that have played in one season since he played every 82 in 2017-18.
