On November 5, Beijing time, the Lakers official website reporter reported that James will miss the game against the Thunder due to a rectus strain, and the famous Chalania followed up with a report that the source revealed that James is expected to be absent for at least a week. Medical expert Evan Jeffries believes that James' new injury may be misdiagnosed.
Espn posted a map of changes in James' career regular season attendance (below), and many fans sighed: as strong as James, who has always been in peak condition, is also not satisfied with the old.
The chart shows that in the 574 regular season games he played for the Cavaliers in the 2003-10 season, James played 548 of them, with a attendance rate of 95%; in the 312 regular season games he played for the Heat in the 2010-14 season, James played 294 of them, with an attendance rate of 94%; in the 328 regular season games returning to the Cavaliers in the 2014-18 season, James played 301 of them, with a attendance rate of 92%,; and in the 233 regular season games he played for the Lakers so far in the 2018 season, James only played 173 of them. Attendance fell to 74 percent.
After joining the Lakers, James has entered the late stage of his career, although he invests millions of dollars a year to maintain his body, but he is almost 37 years old after all. In the new season, injuries have entangled him early, first in the ankle and now on the abdomen. The Lakers do have to be cautious about his injury.
Medical expert Evan Jeffries suggested that the Lakers should further confirm James's injury, because judging by James's reaction when he was injured, there is a possibility of misdiagnosis.
Jeffries posted a scene of James returning to the players' tunnel in the final 5 minutes of the game against the Rockets, writing: "The Lakers need to distinguish whether James has a abdominal strain or a sports hernia because the symptoms are similar." Look at James' stretching in the players' tunnel. 1, he did not stretch the abdomen, 2. This is the stretch of the groin position, 3. The movement hernia will be accompanied by pain in the lower abdomen and groin at the same time. ”
Evan Jeffries also said that if James is determined to be an abdominal strain, judging by the time of downtime revealed so far, it should be a mild strain.