Lakers’ LeBron James out vs. Pacers in latest elbow injury update

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James will miss Friday night’s game against the Indiana Pacers after suffering a left elbow contusion in Thursday night’s 120-113 loss to the Denver Nuggets, the team announced.

Late in the fourth quarter of Thursday’s game in Denver, James took a hard fall on a layup attempt. LeBron landed awkwardly on his left elbow and was lying on the ground in pain before the ball went out of bounds, and play was stopped.

LeBron James (left elbow contusion) has been listed OUT for tonight’s game against the Pacers, the team says.

LeBron suffered the injury after a hard fall in the closing minutes of Lakers-Nuggets on Thursday night pic.twitter.com/FILh742gJY

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After being helped up and going to the team’s bench, James was still grimacing and grabbing his elbow in obvious discomfort. Although James did return to the game after quickly being examined on the bench, his elbow was heavily wrapped in ice during the team’s postgame media session in the locker room.

James said he would be “day-to-day” with this injury and that it was a “funny bone situation, but more intense.”

In 44 games this season, LeBron has averaged 21.4 points, 7.0 assists, and 5.6 rebounds per game while shooting 50.4 percent from the floor. Friday night will be James’ 19th missed game of the season, his most since missing 27 games during the 2022-23 season in Los Angeles.

This is a developing story that will be updated shortly.

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