{"id":3976,"date":"2022-04-04T16:02:48","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T16:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linksus.net\/is-lakers-lebron-james-playing-today-vs-nuggets-sporting-news\/"},"modified":"2022-04-04T16:02:48","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T16:02:48","slug":"is-lakers-lebron-james-playing-today-vs-nuggets-sporting-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/2022\/04\/04\/is-lakers-lebron-james-playing-today-vs-nuggets-sporting-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Lakers&#039; LeBron James playing today vs. Nuggets? &#8211; Sporting News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After missing two straight games with an ankle injury, LeBron James returned to the Lakers&#8217; lineup on Friday against the Pelicans.\u00a0<br \/>His return was a huge boost to the Lakers, who are fighting to clinch a spot in the NBA Play-In Tournament. The Lakers are 11th in the Western Conference with a record of 31-46, a game behind the Spurs. Unfortunately for the Lakers, the Spurs have the tiebreaker.<br \/>The Lakers have gone 2-8 in their last 10 games and are currently on a five-game losing streak.\u00a0<br \/>Despite the Lakers&#8217; woes, James has been absolutely amazing this season. The 37-year-old superstar is\u00a0averaging 30.3 points, 8.2 rebounds and 6.2 assists per game.\u00a0<br \/>Will James continue to play and suit up against the Nuggets on Sunday?<br \/><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\">MORE:\u00a0<\/b><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><a data-remove-tab-index=\"true\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/sling-tv.pxf.io\/c\/2436205\/1268416\/14334\" delay=\"150\" href=\"https:\/\/sling-tv.pxf.io\/c\/2436205\/1268416\/14334\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" tabindex=\"-1\" target=\"_blank\">Watch NBA games live with Sling TV (U.S. only)<\/a><\/b><br \/>After playing against New Orleans on Friday, James is listed as questionable against the Nuggets with a left ankle sprain.<br \/>James finished Los Angeles&#8217; loss to New Orleans with 38 points, eight rebounds and four assists. He shot 56.6 percent from the field and 37.5 percent from three in the losing effort.\u00a0<br \/><strong>MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nba\/news\/lebron-james-greatest-scorer-all-time-nba\/oh9mbrlqapnj7ezmw4x3trtv\">Is LeBron James the greatest scorer of all time?<\/a><\/strong><br \/>In the United States, Lakers vs. Nuggets will air nationally on ABC and can be streamed on Sling TV.<br \/>In Canada, Lakers vs. Nuggets can be streamed on the TSN App.<br \/>Lakers vs. Nuggets is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, April 3. The game will be played at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles and will tip off shortly after the scheduled time.<br \/>After playing against the Nuggets on Sunday,\u00a0the Lakers will have five games remaining in the 2021-22 regular season. LA cannot qualify for a top-six playoff spot but can qualify for the NBA&#8217;s Play-In Tournament, which will be held from April 12-15.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nba\/news\/lakers-lebron-james-playing-today-vs-nuggets\/bvasbd9lg2tr65eqg4sbojjn\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After missing two straight games with an ankle injury, LeBron James returned to the Lakers&#8217; lineup on Friday against the Pelicans.\u00a0His return was a huge boost to the Lakers, who are fighting to clinch a spot in the NBA Play-In Tournament. The Lakers are 11th in the Western Conference with a record of 31-46, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":869,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3976"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/869"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3976\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}