LeBron James played through a sore foot in chasing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s record and as soon as he broke the record he sat out three games in a row to rest it.
He only played half of the All-Star Game (while that was officially for a finger injury nobody expected him to play a full game beforehand).
He was clearly bothered by his foot while putting up 26 points Sunday against the Mavericks in a key Lakers win, then limped out of the arena after the game and had already been ruled out for their next game on Tuesday against Memphis.
Now comes a report LeBron could be out much longer than that, via Shams Charania of The Athletic. James miraculously played through the injury that is now expected to require multiple opinions, sources said, and the Lakers are bracing for his absence to be multiple weeks.