LeBron James will miss game against Sacramento due to illness
Dave McMenamin: LeBron James will miss Saturday’s game against SAC with an illness, sources told ESPN. It will be his third missed game of the season. The illness kept James out of Friday’s practice, too.
Source: Twitter @mcten
What's the buzz on Twitter?
Kings down 107-90 going to the 4th quarter to the Lakers without LeBron James.
Who they gonna blame now? - 12:25 AM
Vincent had been playing his best basketball as a Laker of late, establishing himself as a key part of the bench rotation and tonight filling in for LeBron as a starter.
His defense on and off the ball, and 3-point shooting (45.5% in December) was on an uptick. - 12:08 AM
Gabe Vincent will start tonight with LeBron missing the game, bumping Max Christie up to the 3. - 8:56 PM
JJ Redick says that Gabe Vincent will start tonight in LeBron James place vs Kings - 8:56 PM
LeBron will not play vs the Kings, the Lakers announed - 8:52 PM
LeBron James is out tonight against Sacramento, his final game before turning 40. - 8:52 PM
LeBron James (illness) is out tonight.
In the last three games, LeBron averaged roughly 30 points and 9 assists. - 8:51 PM
LeBron James will miss Saturday’s game against SAC with an illness, sources told ESPN. It will be his third missed game of the season. The illness kept James out of Friday’s practice, too. - 8:48 PM
TOP PLAYOFF REBOUNDERS BY DECADE
1950s: Dolph Schayes
1960s: Bill Russell
1970s: Wes Unseld
1980s: Larry Bird
1990s: Karl Malone
2000s: Tim Duncan
2010s: LeBron James
2020s: Nikola Jokic
Jayson Tatum could become No. 1 in rebounds for the decade with a deep playoff run, though. - 5:00 PM
Doug Christie will become the 135th different NBA head coach to coach against LeBron James when the Kings play the Lakers tonight.
135 different coaches is crazy to think about. - 9:15 AM
More on this storyline
Dave McMenamin: Dalton Knecht, 23, on what he's learned about LeBron James, who turns 40 next week: "How much he loves to play Madden. He always talks about [it]...I didn’t really know it was that much. He watches it on the plane and stuff. He watches film just like it’s basketball. It’s crazy." -via Twitter @mcten / December 27, 2024
Jovan Buha: JJ Redick says LeBron James and Rui Hachimura are sick and were excused from practice. They are both questionable for tomorrow. AD is questionable. DLo is probable. Jaxson Hayes participated in the non-contact portion of practice and is day-to-day. -via Twitter @jovanbuha / December 27, 2024
Kevin Chouinard: Trae Young now has 11,000+ career points and 4000+ career assists. He is the 2nd youngest (LeBron) and 2nd fastest (Oscar Robertson) to those marks in NBA history. -via x.com / December 27, 2024
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