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An MRI confirmed that LeBron James suffered a left groin strain on Christmas Day, the Los Angeles Lakers announced in a press release that listed James as day-to-day on Wednesday, but Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry thinks it could be at least closer to a week before James returns. Curry strained his left groin in a Nov. 8 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks and missed his team’s next 11 games. He shared his experience with the injury with The Undefeated’s Marc J. Spears on Wednesday: “You got to take those first four or five days, that was what my experience was, to make sure you don’t do any more damage. Continue to Article

December 27, 2018 11:00:am EST

LeBron James will not travel to Sacramento for the Los Angeles Lakers' game Thursday night against the Kings. James is officially day-to-day after straining his left groin during the Lakers' victory over the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday night. An MRI came back clean on Wednesday, but James is expected to miss a few games out of an abundance of caution. Continue to Article

December 27, 2018 10:26:am EST

A disinterested Warriors team got smacked around by the Lakers on Christmas Day — a Laker team without LeBron James for most of the second half. The young Lakers stepped up — Ivica Zubac had 18 points — while the Warriors stars did not. Which led to a lot of “should we be worried about the Warriors?” talk on message boards, and sports talk radio and television shows. Continue to Article

December 27, 2018 8:05:am EST

The San Antonio Spurs got a big win and an even bigger boost in confidence. DeMar DeRozan had 30 points, LaMarcus Aldridge scored 27 and San Antonio defeated the Denver Nuggets 111-103 on Wednesday night. Bryn Forbes added 15 points for the resurgent Spurs (19-16), who have won eight of 10 to move within two percentage points of first-place Houston in the Southwest Division. Continue to Article

December 27, 2018 12:29:am EST

One day after they were blown out of the building they vowed to defend for the fourth time in 47 days, the Warriors expressed no more concern than they did the previous three times. "We know that we're not playing as well as we should," Kevin Durant said Wednesday. Coach Steve Kerr is of similar mind. Continue to Article

December 26, 2018 11:20:pm EST