The Los Angeles Lakers will look significantly different when they take on the Golden State Warriors on Saturday.
After several trades that sent out Russell Westbrook, Patrick Beverley, Thomas Bryant, Juan Toscano-Anderson and Damian Jones, they’re expected to start to break in newcomers D’Angelo Russell, Malik Beasley and Jarred Vanderbilt, while another newcomer, Mo Bamba, will make his debut a little later after serving a four-game suspension.
Unfortunately, Los Angeles, which is on a three-game losing streak, will once again be without its franchise player. LeBron James will sit out this contest with left ankle soreness, an ailment that kept him out of Thursday’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks.
LeBron James has been downgraded to out at Golden State tonight due to left ankle soreness.
— Mike Trudell (@LakersReporter) February 11, 2023
General manager Rob Pelinka did emphasize that imaging was done on James’ problematic ankle and nothing clinically significant came up.
Pelinka on LeBron James: "LeBron did have some imaging, and we’re grateful that things came back clean and good."
— Mike Trudell (@LakersReporter) February 11, 2023
After their tilt with Golden State, the Lakers will head to Oregon to play Damian Lillard and the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday.
