The Los Angeles Lakers are already without Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves for the rest of the regular season. Heading into a home game against the Oklahoma City Thunder, things just got worse.<\/p>\n
Per reporter Ryan Ward<\/a> via X, LeBron James has been downgraded to OUT against Oklahoma City. <\/p>\n “LeBron James (left foot injury management) has been downgraded to OUT for tonight\u2019s game vs. Oklahoma City.”<\/p>\n Ryan Ward<\/p>\n LeBron James (left foot injury management) has been downgraded to OUT for tonight\u2019s game vs. Oklahoma City.<\/p>\n \u2014 Ryan Ward (@RyanWardLA) April 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n The 41-year-old was initially listed as questionable with left foot injury management before the final call came through. Marcus Smart also remains out, extending his absence to nearly three weeks.<\/p>\n James had been shouldering the entire offense on his own lately. He put up 30 points, 15 assists, and nine rebounds against the Dallas Mavericks in 39 minutes, and the Lakers still lost 134-128 for their second straight defeat. At 41, that kind of workload is not easy to sustain.<\/p>\n Now they face a rematch against the defending champion Thunder, who already blew them out by 43 points just days ago. Oklahoma City sits at 62-16, and Los Angeles is walking into this one without three of their best players on the floor.<\/p>\n Sign up to our\u00a0free newsletter<\/a>\u00a0and follow us on\u00a0YouTube,<\/a>Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Instagram<\/a>\u00a0for the latest news.<\/p>\n