“Not again.”
It was the first thought that raced not just through the minds of Lakers fans watching Sunday night’s game against but LeBron James himself when he went down with an ankle injury midway through the second quarter.
Last season, James missed significant time after Solomon Hill dove into James’ ankle tracking down a loose ball, an injury James said took months into the offseason to fully heal from. On Sunday, an all-too-familiar sight unfolded as Desmond Bane rolled into James’ ankle after colliding with Dwight Howard mid-air on a layup attempt.