LeBron James will miss the Los Angeles Lakers’ crosstown duel with the Clippers on Thursday as the reigning NBA champions aim to get their superstar healthy for the playoffs.
“He’s out for the Clippers. He’ll be day-to-day after that,” Lakers coach Frank Vogel told reporters on Wednesday, two days after James sat out the Lakers’ win over the Denver Nuggets because of soreness in his injured right ankle in his two-game return.
James missed 20 games with a high right ankle sprain.
When he returned against the Sacramento Kings last week the Lakers hoped to have him back for the last 10 games of the regular season.
But plans changed after he departed the Lakers’ loss to the Toronto Rap…
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