LeBron James’ elbow ‘pretty sore’ after late fall in loss…
DENVER — LeBron James said after the Lakers’ 120-113 highway loss to the Nuggets on Thursday evening that his left elbow was “pretty sore” after his fall late in the game at Ball Arena, with the Lakers star including that the injury is day-to-day.
The Lakers star, who was icing the elbow during his postgame media availability inside the customer’s locker room, fell onto the court docket after Nuggets star Nikola Jokic made contact with him in the air while James made a layup to chop the Lakers’ deficit to 110-106 with just over 4 minutes left.
No foul was called, with James instantly grabbing at his left elbow and staying down on the court docket during the Nuggets’ ensuing possession.
LeBron James was holding his left elbow space after his fall. He’s on the bench being tended to by his longtime coach proper now. pic.twitter.com/Oy676TN19U— Khobi Price (@khobi_price) March 6, 2026
“It’s the same s—, James said. “‘Marginal.’ It’s the same s—. It’s, it’s, it’s … whatever. That’s all they keep saying is, ‘marginal.’ I’m so f—— tired of that word.”
Reserve big man Jaxson Hayes subbed in for James as soon as James acquired up and the Lakers called timeout with 3:58 left.
LeBron James grimaces in pain after falling while going up for a basket past Nikola Jokić during the fourth quarter of the Lakers’ 120-113 loss to the Nuggets in Denver on March 5, 2026. AP
“It felt like one of those funny bone situations,” James said. “But like, super more intense.”
Mike Mancias, James’ longtime coach and the Lakers’ athletic performance liaison, tended to James’ elbow while he was on the team’s bench after the timeout.
James subbed again in for Rui Hachimura with 2:05 remaining however wasn’t on the court docket for after-timeout play when Luka Dončić missed a catch-and-shoot 3-pointer with 20 seconds left, with the Nuggets sustaining a 116-111 lead.
“It was bothering [him] enough that he didn’t feel comfortable doing the inbound pass when we called timeout down five,” Redick said. “So we put Luke [Kennard] in for him. He’s got ice on it. Get it looked at.”
The Lakers next will host the Pacers on Friday evening at Crypto.com Arena, with James’ standing up in the air.
“We’ll see what happens over the next couple days,” James said. “Hopefully I’ll wake up [on Friday] and it doesn’t feel too much worse than it is now. Or, if it feels better, that would be great. So, it’s day-to-day, we’ll see what happens.”
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