THIS JUST IN: Lakers eliminated from playoff contention with loss to Suns
combining to play just 21 games through Tuesday. The Lakers went 11-10 in those games -- hardly dominant, but certainly not cellar-dwellers, either.
Injuries played a factor again on Tuesday, with James sitting out for the fourth time in the past five games with soreness in his left ankle. It was his 23rd missed game of the season. Joining James on the visitor's bench at Footprint Center in street clothes was, missing his 79th game of the season because of a bone bruise in his right knee yet, curiously, still not simply ruled out for the season by the Lakers.
Even Davis, who was on the court playing in his third game back after a six-week absence because of a right mid-foot sprain, was also dealing with plantar fascia in his right foot that's afflicted him since his return, according to Lakers coach Frank Vogel. The rash of poor health -- including COVID-19 running through the locker room in December -- led to a ridiculous total 24 different players to suit up for L.A. at some point this season. And it left Vogel no choice but to constantly tinker with the pieces available to him as he tried out 39 different starting lineups through Tuesday -- second most in the league behind theA team picked to win 52.
It's the Lakers' longest losing streak of the season, while San Antonio won for the seventh time in its past eight games to guarantee it will be at least the No. 10 seed in the play-in. The
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