LeBron James said his ongoing left ankle soreness, which kept him out of the 2025 All-Star Game, will be something he’ll have to deal with for the rest of the season. “It’s gonna be something that we gotta manage for the rest of the season and going into the postseason,

The Lakers enter Wednesday night's game against the Hornets, which is the only one on the league schedule as it is a makeup date following the devastating L.A. wildfires, with a record of 32-20. That mark has L.A. sitting in fifth place in the West, just a half game back of the Houston Rockets for the No. 4 seed.