LOS ANGELES -- LeBron James will miss the Lakers' game against the Miami Heat on Wednesday because of an illness, the team announced.
The illness is not COVID-19 related, the team clarified.
James will have to put his hot play of late on pause. The 20-year veteran is coming off consecutive 40-point efforts since his 38th birthday, becoming the first player since Michael Jordan to do so at that age. In his past 11 games, James has averaged 34.5 points on 58.2% shooting and Los Angeles has gone 6-5. Eight of those games have been without Anthony Davis, who is out with a fractured bone spur and stress reaction in his right foot.