Just now, James has good news! Now the hanging hearts of Lakers fans can finally be put down
Without a doubt, the Los Angeles Lakers are the big winners of this season's trade deadline! Because since they completed the deal, the overall performance of the team can be described as thriving. In the past five games, even with wounded soldiers, they have played an impressive 4-1 record. Especially in the last game against the Thunder, even if James, thick eyebrows, and Russell were all absent, under the leadership of Schroder and Reeves, they attacked the home court of the Thunder and left Oklahoma with a victory smile. After this battle, the Lakers reached a 30-33 record, rising from 12th to 11th in the West, only 0.5 wins behind the tenth Pelicans. It's no exaggeration to say that the Lakers are just one step away from reaching the play-off qualification zone!
With only 19 games left in the regular season, it's fair to say that every game is crucial for the Lakers. Because it's directly related to whether they have a chance to make the playoffs this season and even get a valuable ticket to the Western Conference playoffs. Russell and Bushy Eyebrows fell due to injury, which will be temporary trouble, and the biggest trouble is when team boss LeBron James will return from injury. In the blink of an eye, Lao Zhan has missed several games, and it is unknown when he will return from injury! After all, at James's almost forty years old, injuries can be said to be particularly unfriendly to him! And the big ship of the Lakers still has to let James at the helm to sail far, which is understandable.
But just now, there was finally great news about James' injury! According to well-known journalist Chris Haynes, multiple sources revealed that Lakers star LeBron James will not need surgery for a right foot injury. This is great news for the Lakers, because it means that the probability of James returning from injury in the next 2-3 weeks has increased significantly. In this way, Old Jen should still be able to follow the team in the final stage of the game, which undoubtedly injects a shot in the arm for the Lakers to impact the playoffs and even the top six in the West.
So far this season, James has played 36.1 minutes per game, averaging 29.5 points, 8.4 rebounds, 6.9 assists and 0.9 steals, shooting 50.2% from the field, 30.8% from three-point range and 75.9% from the free-throw line.
Old Jen was spared surgery, which provided the necessary conditions for his comeback. At the same time, this also allows the hanging hearts of Lakers fans to finally be put down, because there is no need to worry that Old Jen may be reimbursed due to injury in the regular season, and there is no need to worry that the Lakers will not have a chance to impact the playoffs, everything is developing in a good direction!