All went well for the Los Angeles Lakers in the first half of their Christmas Day game against the Warriors, as they led by 15 points at the end of two quarters at Oracle Arena.
Then LeBron James went down.
With just over eight minutes remaining in the third quarter, James lost his footing in the paint and appeared to tweak his left groin. Following a Lakers timeout, James was removed from the game, and he did not return.
Depending on your lip-reading skills, James could be seen mouthing, “I heard it pop” after he was injured, suggesting it to be significant at first.