Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics Both in Saturday’s expected match entered second place at their conferences.
The Lakers have grown in weeks since the team acquired Luka Doncic. But Boston surpassed Los Angeles on Saturday and eventually celebrated the victory of 111-101. The injury forced Lebron James to get out of the game in the fourth quarter.
Although James did not provide a schedule for return to court, he tried to alleviate concern about the seriousness of the injury.
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LeBron James of Los Angeles Lakers during the match against Celtics on March 8, 2025 at TD Garden in Boston. (Nathaniel S. Butler/Nbae via Getty Images)
“No worries,” James said. “Obviously I’m day by day. I’ll watch it every day and see if it will be better and take appropriate measures to see what I need to do forward.”
Espn reported That the tense groin could leave James for up to two weeks.
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James did not return to the field after the remaining time with 6:44 minutes after challenging Jaylen Brown’s setting. AND 21-puta NBA All-Star He was seen walking gently to the crowd and then barely moved before he was overwhelmed by the coach’s locker room.
James finished the match with 22 points, 14 rebounds and nine assists.
Los Angeles Lakers striker Lebron James defends the ball from Celtics Guardian Payton Pritchard, on Saturday, March 8, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)
He said his initial thoughts went to his first season in Los Angeles in 2018, when he sustained a groin injury during a Christmas game against Golden State Warriors. He missed the next 17 games and the injury bothered him most of the rest of the season.
“I was there and before and I know what injury we deal with,” James remarked. He seems to be convinced that his last injury is not as serious as the first 2018.
LeBron James of Lakers during the match against San Antonio Spurs on January 13, 2025 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. (Adam Pantozzi/Nbae via Getty Images)
He also said that he was thinking of former teammate Anthony Davis, who in his first game caused his current groin injury with Dallas Mavericks after a trade for Doncic.
“That’s crazy. But I was thinking about the ad,” James said.
Doncac just wants James to cause an injury to the rest she needs. “Obviously he has to take the time,” Doncic said. “These injuries, I will not say that they are worse, but it’s hard to wear.”
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The loss of the Lakers for Celtics finished winning in Los Angeles in eight games. The defeat also briefly lowered them to the third place on the western conference. But La returned to second place after Oklahoma City Thunder beat Denver Nuggets on Sunday afternoon.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
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