{"id":523831,"date":"2026-01-08T01:53:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T01:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/523831\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T01:53:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T01:53:14","slug":"lebron-james-to-miss-lakers-game-tonight-at-san-antonio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/523831\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron James to miss Lakers’ game tonight at San Antonio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SAN ANTONIO\u00a0\u2014\u00a0LeBron James<\/a> will miss the game against the San Antonio Spurs with right sciatica and left foot arthritis, the Lakers<\/a> announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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 Luka Doncic<\/a> as the duo scored 30 points each in Tuesday\u2019s 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

\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

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

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

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…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":523832,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3797],"tags":[1013,7,1844,72352,142,60081,517,300,185,6,65,66364,1012,969,474,4075,4074,2084,534,14503,2877],"class_list":["post-523831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio-spurs","tag-austin-reaves","tag-basketball","tag-calf","tag-foot-arthritis","tag-game","tag-game-tonight","tag-james","tag-lakers","tag-lebron-james","tag-nba","tag-point","tag-right-sciatica","tag-rui-hachimura","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-sanantonio","tag-sanantoniospurs","tag-season","tag-spurs","tag-streak","tag-wednesday"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115856985610949422","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}