Lebron James To Miss Lakers' Game Vs. Spurs; Loses Eligiblity For Postseason Awards - Beritaja

LeBron James will not play coming against the San Antonio Spurs, making the Lakers prima ineligible for postseason awards and ending his tally making the All-NBA squad astatine 21.

Under the existent NBA rules, players must look successful 65 games to beryllium eligible for awards. James could now play successful a maximum of 64 games if he does not beryllium retired another.

The erstwhile grounds for making All-NBA teams was 15, which was held by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kobe Bryant and Tim Duncan.

The Lakers will besides beryllium holding retired NBA scoring leader Luka Doncic (left hamstring strain) for the 3rd consecutive game, on pinch Austin Reaves (left calf wounded management) and Marcus Smart (right ankle).

James is playing successful his unprecedented 23rd season. He missed the first 14 games because of sciatica aft not participating successful training camp. He has played successful back-to-back games astatine times since getting healthy, but the Lakers person monitored his wellness intimately successful hopes of keeping him caller for the agelong run.

James is averaging 21.7 points, 6.9 assists and 5.7 rebounds complete 34 games this season. The Lakers (32-20) are successful the heavy of the West playoff title contempt having James, Doncic and Reaves each successful the aforesaid lineup for conscionable 10 games truthful acold this season.

Associated Press and nba.com contributed to this report.