LeBron James faces a threat of being out for weeks following a right foot soreness that will leave him on the bench for LA Lakers' game against Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday.
According to The Athletic, the status of James's injury will be ascertained after he sees multiple specialists.
James scored 26 points in the Lakers' 111-108 win over the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday, but he twisted his right foot when he stepped on an opponent's foot in the third quarter. He was able to finish the game but was clearly still in pain afterward.
"It's been better," he said of his injury postgame. "But I definitely wasn't going to go to the locker room and not finish the game out. Just understood the importance of the game ...
"We'll monitor it the next couple days, see how it feels and go from there."
The 19-time All-Star is averaging 29.5 points, 8.4 rebounds and 6.9 assists in 47 games this season.
Even with two big wins -- over Dallas and the Golden State Warriors -- coming out of the break, Los Angeles began the week in 12th place in the West. That was a game out of the final playoff play-in spot and 2 1/2 out of a top-six landing with just 21 games remaining.
(With agency inputs)
