Without LeBron James, Lakers visit Blazers
LeBron James will 行方不明になる his third 連続した contest when the Los Angeles Lakers visit the Portland 追跡する Blazers on Monday night.
James is 取引，協定ing with a painful left foot/ankle 傷害 and hasn't played since より勝るing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become the かつてない 主要な scorer in NBA history on Tuesday.
James underwent 実験（する）s that didn't （悪事，秘密などを）発見する a serious 傷害 and the club is hoping he will be able to play in Wednesday's home game against the New Orleans Pelicans.
Los Angeles coach Darvin Ham said after Saturday's 109-103 road 勝利，勝つ over the Golden 明言する／公表する 軍人s that James needs to 残り／休憩（する） the foot.
"For him to continue to get 治療, stay off of it," Ham said of what's necessary for the 傷害 to 傷をいやす／和解させる. .".. We got some imaging done and everything （機の）カム 支援する clean, just again a normal wear-and-涙／ほころび and just a little irritated in one area.
"We're just taking this time that we have to get him 扱う／治療するd and hopefully get him 支援する so we can make a good run and he can be in the 中央 of it 負かす／撃墜する the stretch."
James is having a stellar season with 普通の／平均（する）s of 30.2 points, 8.5 回復するs and 7.0 補助装置s, but it isn't 反映するd in the team's 記録，記録的な／記録する. The Lakers are a 不十分な 26-31 and stand 13th (out of 15 teams) in the Western 会議／協議会.
The 衝突／不一致 with the 追跡する Blazers is pivotal because Portland (27-29) is 12th in the West and the first team Los Angeles needs to より勝る.
The Lakers drew 激励 from the 勝利，勝つ over the 軍人s as they trotted out a 改造するd team after a flurry of 貿易（する） 最終期限 activity.
D'Angelo Russell, acquired from the Minnesota Timberwolves for his second stint with Los Angeles, stood out with 15 points, six 補助装置s an d five 回復するs.
"It was a little weird but I'm trying to 標準的にする／正常にする it," Russell said. "The sooner the better. I've been in this 状況／情勢. ... After that first stint, you get 肉親，親類d of comfortable again."
Dennis Schroder paced the Lakers with 26 points.
Portland has lost three of its four games and 16 of its past 26.
The 追跡する Blazers are coming off Saturday's 138-129 home loss to the Oklahoma City 雷鳴. Portland is 0-3 against the 10th-place 雷鳴 this season.
"I think it's evident that it's a 堅い matchup for us," 星／主役にする guard Damian Lillard said afterward. "They get into the paint. They attack the 縁. And they do that against everybody. I think they have good enough 狙撃.
"They got a lot of like-sized defenders to where they do 井戸／弁護士席 on the ball. They make you play in the （人が）群がる. And they play hard. They're 井戸／弁護士席-coached. They keep coming for the whole game."
Lillard 得点する／非難する／２０d 38 points to 得点する／非難する／２０ at least 30 for the 14th time in the past 18 contests. That run 含むs a season-high 60 in a 134-124 home 勝利，勝つ over the Utah Jazz on Jan. 25.
Portland will be without 今後 Jerami 認める, who was placed in the NBA concussion 議定書 on Saturday, one day after the loss to Oklahoma City.
認める 支えるd a bruised 権利 注目する，もくろむ when he was 攻撃する，衝突する in the 直面する in the first ４半期/4分の1. He returned in the second period and finished with 23 points in 37 minutes against the 雷鳴. But the 追跡する Blazers said he began 展示（する）ing concussion symptoms on Saturday. 認める will have to pass a 一連の steps before he can return.
（機の）カム 赤みを帯びた made his Portland debut against the 雷鳴 and 得点する／非難する／２０d 11 points in 17 minutes. He was acquired from the New York Knicks 事前の to Thursday's 貿易（する） 最終期限.
--Field Level マスコミ
