The Portland Trail Blazers won’t have to deal with the NBA’s all-time leading scorer in their road bout with the Los Angeles Lakers Sunday night. Lakers forward LeBron James will sit out the matchup due to a left calf contusion, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. Lakers forward Anthony Davis, however, will be available for the game, ESPN’s Tim Bontemps reported.
On Portland’s side, an extensive injury list got longer as Malcolm Brogdon was listed as “out” for the matchup. Brogdon strained his left hamstring in the first quarter of Wednesday’s game against the Sacramento Kings.