Lakers Announce Major LeBron James Injury News Before Thunder Game

The Los Angeles Lakers are at home on Tuesday night as they host the Oklahoma City Thunder in a Western Conference showdown.

For the Lakers, they enter Tuesday’s game with a 50-28 record after losing on the road to the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday night.

Now Los Angeles will try to bounce back at home on Tuesday as they try to end their two-game losing streak in a tough matchup against the West-leading Thunder.

While the Lakers are trying to pick up a key victory in Tuesday night’s matchup, they will be without multiple key players and they added another star to the listed ahead of the game.

Lakers Rule Out LeBron James for Game vs. Thunder

Ahead of Tuesday’s game against the Thunder, the Lakers announced that they have ruled out star forward LeBron James due to left foot injury management.

Los Angeles had listed James as questionable for Tuesday’s matchup before they ultimately ruled him out as he will miss his first game since March 10.

Of course, the Lakers were already set to be without both Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves, who are both set to miss the remainder of the season due to injuries, while Marcus Smart also remains sidelined.

Now James will join those three on the sidelines for Tuesday game as Los Angeles will be without all three of their star players.

With James sidelined against the Thunder, Rui Hachimura, Jake LaRavia and Luke Kennard could all be in line for increased roles and the Lakers will need them to step up if they want to pull off surprise victory over Oklahoma City.

On the other side, the Thunder will also be without one of their stars as they have ruled out Jalen Williams due to hamstring injury management, though they will have the rest of their core available, including both Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Chet Holmgren.

Fans can catch Tuesday night’s matchup between the Thunder and Lakers from Los Angeles at 10:30 p.m. ET.