{"id":500376,"date":"2026-01-08T03:03:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T03:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/500376\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T03:03:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T03:03:14","slug":"lebron-james-to-miss-lakers-game-tonight-at-san-antonio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/500376\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron James to miss Lakers&#8217; game tonight at San Antonio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>SAN ANTONIO\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/lakers\/newsletter\/2025-12-23\/lebron-james-starting-to-look-like-his-old-self\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LeBron James<\/a> will miss the game against the San Antonio Spurs with right sciatica and left foot arthritis, <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/lakers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Lakers<\/a> announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>James has starred for the Lakers (23-11) during their three-game winning streak, averaging 29 points in victories against the Memphis Grizzlies and New Orleans Pelicans. He\u2019s paired effortlessly with <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/lakers\/story\/2026-01-04\/la-lakers-memphis-grizzlies-nba-game-recap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Luka Doncic<\/a> as the duo scored 30 points each in Tuesday\u2019s <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/lakers\/story\/2026-01-06\/los-angeles-lakers-new-orleans-pelicans-nba-game-recap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">win over the Pelicans.<\/a> But after missing 14 games to start the season because of sciatica, the 41-year-old James recognized he might not be able to play a second game in as many nights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis foot typically the day after a game is sore, so that\u2019s the primary thing,\u201d coach JJ Redick said before the game. \u201c\u2026 We\u2019re hoping that he gets to the point where he can play in back-to-backs with his body, but this stretch and this month, it\u2019s going to be tough to say that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>James will miss his 17th game this season, putting him right on the edge of continuing his streak of 21 consecutive All-NBA honors. Players have to appear in 65 games to remain eligible for postseason awards. The Lakers are beginning a busy January that ends with their longest  trip of the year: the eight-game Grammy trip.<\/p>\n<p>The Lakers are also without Austin Reaves (calf), Rui Hachimura (calf) and Adou Thiero (knee). Hachimura participated in a workout with the G League affiliate South Bay Lakers in L.A. on Wednesday as he progresses back to the court.<\/p>\n<p>Guard Gabe Vincent (back) will be available for Wednesday\u2019s game while on a restriction of about 18 minutes, Redick said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO\u00a0\u2014\u00a0LeBron James will miss the game against the San Antonio Spurs with right sciatica and left foot&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":500377,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5133],"tags":[5229,17378,60621,224585,1910,174476,8601,8604,3363,449,199228,25927,7202,7203,5950,8488,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,15613],"class_list":{"0":"post-500376","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-austin-reaves","10":"tag-calf","11":"tag-foot-arthritis","12":"tag-game","13":"tag-game-tonight","14":"tag-james","15":"tag-lakers","16":"tag-lebron-james","17":"tag-point","18":"tag-right-sciatica","19":"tag-rui-hachimura","20":"tag-san-antonio","21":"tag-sanantonio","22":"tag-season","23":"tag-streak","24":"tag-texas","25":"tag-tx","26":"tag-united-states","27":"tag-united-states-of-america","28":"tag-unitedstates","29":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","30":"tag-us","31":"tag-usa","32":"tag-wednesday"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115857260785259883","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/500377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}