"He did his on-court shooting before our film and walk-through and probably just needs a couple more days. So, it's still day-to-day. Sometimes day-to-day means two days, sometimes it can mean five or six days. But he's day-to-day."
"When we were kind of approaching this stretch and you see the six days in eight nights - we had two back-to-backs last week - you never know how his body is going to respond to a game and how his foot is going to respond. So, it's not to say I expected him to miss a game. It's just it wouldn't have surprised me if he needed a day or two to get his body right."
LeBron James was downgraded to out for the Lakers' Tuesday night game against the Minnesota Timberwolves due to a right hip contusion and left foot arthritis. This marked his third consecutive absence. James initially suffered a left elbow contusion and left foot arthritis after being clipped by Denver's Nikola Jokic in the fourth quarter of last Thursday's game, causing him to fall hard on the court. Lakers coach JJ Redick indicated James completed on-court shooting and needs a few more days of recovery, maintaining his status as day-to-day. Redick acknowledged the demanding schedule of six games in eight nights and back-to-backs, noting the unpredictability of how James's body responds to games at age 23 in his NBA career.
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