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The Lakers could use some good news, and per ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, that's on the horizon. LeBron James may be returning the court as soon as Friday in Boston against the Celtics. To put it mildly, his seven game absence (eight counting Wednesday in Milwaukee) has put a strain on the team. It's set the stage for a difficult five-game roadie, and also made it hard to even evaluate how good or bad the Lakers really are...
All about LeBron's health status, a challenging road trip, and some "What if?" scenarios with choices around Westbrook
Through 14 games, the 2021-22 season for the Lakers had been a struggle, filled with injuries, frustration and inconsistency. But there had been at least some signs, here and there, that things might be improving. Anthony Davis has been pretty excellent throughout. Russell Westbrook has been growing incrementally better, some intermittent Westbrookian hiccups notwithstanding. LeBron James should be returning soon...
As the Lakers continue to struggle, the temperature is turning up on Frank Vogel.
The Lakers may have done their work early on Sunday with a rare non-TV motivated 12:30 pm start, but that doesn't mean they weren't really busy. They busted out a new starting lineup featuring Talen Horton-Tucker, who was making his season debut. They made it clear LeBron James was on his way back, perhaps for Monday's game against the Bulls, but if not then, sometime during the week. Oh, and they beat San Antonio behind a monster performance from Anthony Davis...
The Lakers were busy Sunday, debuting a new starting lineup, beating the Spurs, and prepping for LeBron's return
The Lakers may not have played Thursday, but that doesn't keep the news cycle from churning. The team, no shock given happenings since the start of training camp, yet another injury. This time, it's Austin Reaves who joins the walking wounded. The hamstring that kept him out of Wednesday's game called "minor" by Frank Vogel will now keep him out at least a couple weeks. Frank, you lied to us! So that's bad news... but it wouldn't be nearly as bad as more bad reports around LeBron James...
"The Center Question" has been framed in the context of Anthony Davis. Turns out, it's about a lot more...
For a second straight game, the Lakers found themselves in overtime, and for the the second straight game they found a way to get a win. In this case, it was against a very good Miami Heat team, which made the absences of Rajon Rondo and Austin Reaves (on top of LeBron James, et al) even more of a potential obstacle to conquer. And the overall performance wasn't perfect...
The Lakers earn a massive overtime win over the Heat