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FINAL UPDATE: LeBron James' Current Injury Status For Lakers-Thunder Game

LeBron James is on the injury report for Thursday's game.

FINAL UPDATE: LeBron James is available (h/t ESPN's Dave McMenamin)

UPDATE: LeBron James is a game-time decision (h/t Jovan Buha of The Athletic).  

On Thursday evening, the Los Angeles Lakers will be in Oklahoma to face off against the Oklahoma City Thunder. 

For the game, LeBron James is listed as questionable on the injury report.  

Via Underdog NBA: "LeBron James (calf) listed questionable Thursday."

James has played in 18 games so far this season and is averaging 25.1 points, 7.6 rebounds, 6.3 assists and 1.4 steals per contest while shooting 55.8% from the field and 38.8% from the three-point range. 

The Lakers are 11-8 in their first 19 games, which has them as the seventh seed in the Western Conference.  

They are 7-3 over their previous ten games and most recently defeated the Detroit Pistons by a score of 133-107. 

In 29 minutes of playing time, James had 25 points, eight rebounds and three assists while shooting 9/19 from the field and 2/6 from the three-point range. 

James is in his 21st season in the NBA (his sixth with the Lakers) and is still among the ten best players in the league. 

Following the Thunder, the Lakers will play their next game on Saturday when they host the Houston Rockets. 

As for the Thunder, they are 11-6 in their first 17 games, which has them as the fourth seed in the west. 

They are 7-3 over their previous ten games but are in the middle of a two-game losing streak. 

Following the Lakers, the Thunder will play their next game on Saturday evening when they visit Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks in Texas. 

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