According to the Lakers, LeBron James missed the Lakers' game against the 76ers due to an injury to his left knee. LeBron James has faced injuries throughout the season, and that has really affected the Lakers' competitive prowess this season.
The Lakers are currently the only team with a record of well below 50% wins, which also means that they need to be in the best condition to deal with the remaining games and win as many victories as possible to qualify for the playoffs. Therefore, it can also be seen from the Lakers' absence of James against the 76ers, which is a championship-fighting team, that the Lakers have taken a time to let James truce in the game against the strong team, so as to have better energy to win the game against the relatively weak team.
After missing this game against the 76ers, the Lakers will have to wait until March 28 against the Pelicans, which also means that LeBron James's knee injury can also get nearly a week off. At the same time, considering that the Pelicans are a completely different team compared to the 76ers, James can also have a greater chance of leading the Lakers to victory over the Pelicans after getting enough rest time.
Only in the absence of the 76ers this game, the most regrettable thing for fans is that they can't see James and Embiid face each other head-on, the scoring champion contender, james and Embiid have averaged nearly 30 points per game so far this season, and James can still lead Embiid by a slight margin. In fact, James's performance in the leading scoring list this season has also caused heated discussion, and some media said that considering the Lakers' embarrassing record performance, James's competition for the scoring king is helpless but also a consolation award:
In addition, the US media Chris Brusard also supported the correctness of James' impact on the scoring king, saying that James did not sacrifice the team record specifically for the scoring king, but the current Lakers really do not have enough competitive strength:
The famous Jenhes skirp-Baylors still criticizes james for impacting the scoring king:
"The bottom line is that it will be James' second leading scorer, which is a significant gap from Jordan's 10-time scoring champion, but if you can take that honor at the age of 37 and the 19th season of your career, it's at least an achievement that can be mentioned."
For this lakers this season, they simply do not have good enough competitive strength, but if James can win the scoring championship, this can indeed be regarded as a consolation award for James and the Lakers.