Portland Trail Blazers @ Los Angeles Lakers
Sunday, December 8, 2024 at 9:30 PM ET
Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CA | Game ID: 22400358
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
LAL 22 37 18 30 107POR 28 17 29 24 98
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LeBron James misses 1st game this season, sidelined versus Portland due to left foot soreness
LOS ANGELES -- — LeBron James sat out the Los Angeles Lakers ' 107-98 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday due to left foot soreness, the NBA career scoring leader's first missed game of the season.
The 39-year-old James had been upgraded to probable early Sunday before being downgraded to doubtful less than two hours before tipoff. He officially was ruled out about 30 minutes before gametime.
Without James, a trio of Lakers took charge, with Anthony Davis scoring 30 points with 11 rebounds, D'Angelo Russell adding 28 points with a season-high 14 assists and Rui Hachimura finishing with a season-high 23 points.
“We found out LeBron was out right before the game so the coaches told me I had to step up tonight,” Hachimura said. "I was ready for it. As a team, we were moving the ball well. (Russell) was great."
James did not speak to the media.
James played in the Lakers' first 23 games of the season, averaging 23.0 points with 9.1 assists and 8.0 rebounds.
Los Angeles got off to a 10-4 start, but had lost seven of nine games and three in a row before Sunday, including 134-132 in overtime at Atlanta on Friday. They are now 13-11 with the victory over the Trail Blazers.
James had his seventh triple-double of the season in the Atlanta loss, finishing with 39 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds. It was the 119th triple-double of his career.
Lakers head coach JJ Redick put a positive spin on James’ absence, saying the night off “could be good for him,” because Los Angeles doesn’t play again until Friday at Minnesota.
The Lakers also were without Austin Reaves for the fifth consecutive game with a left pelvic contusion. Davis was active after he was listed on the team’s status report as probable with left plantar fasciitis.
James, in his record-tying 22nd NBA season, has averaged 27.1 points, 9.1 rebounds and 8.0 assists in 1,515 regular-season games. He has averaged 28.4 points, 9.0 rebounds and 7.2 assists in 287 career playoff games, while reaching the postseason 17 times.
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Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
LALAD A. Davis
AT A. Traoré
BJ B. James
CK C. Koloko
CR C. Reddish
DK D. Knecht
DR D. Russell
GV G. Vincent
MC M. Christie
ML M. Lewis
QO Q. Olivari
RH R. Hachimura
PORAS A. Simons
BM B. McGowens
DA D. Avdija
DA D. Ayton
DB D. Banton
JG J. Grant
JW J. Walker
KM K. Murray
RR R. Rupert
SH S. Henderson
SS S. Sharpe
TC T. Camara
LAL/POR the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur