LeBron James' Final Injury Status For Lakers-Jazz Game
On Tuesday evening, the Los Angeles Lakers are in Salt Lake City to face off with the Utah Jazz.
For the game, they will have their best player in the starting lineup, as LeBron James has been upgraded to available.
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The 19-time NBA All-Star has excellent averages of 28.8 points, 8.5 rebounds and 6.9 assists per contest in 51 games while shooting 49.9% from the field.
At 38, he is still among the ten best players in the league and led the Lakers to the NBA Championship in 2020.
That said, they are coming off a season where they went just 33-49 and missed the playoffs.
Right now, the Lakers are 40-38 in 78 games, which has them as the seventh seed in the Western Conference.
They are 7-3 in their last ten games and in the middle of a three-game winning streak.
On the road, the Lakers are 19-20 in 39 games.
They are only a half-game back of the sixth seed, which is the final guaranteed playoff spot.
As for the Jazz, they are the 12th seed in the west with a 36-42 record in 78 games.
They are 3-7 in their last ten games and in the middle of a two-game losing streak.
At home, the Jazz have been good, going 22-16 in 38 games hosted on their home floor in Salt Lake City.
In 2022, they lost in the first round of the NBA Playoffs to the Dallas Mavericks.
