LOS ANGELES — Each LeBron James and Anthony Davis will return to the lineup for the Lakers‘ essential recreation in opposition to the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday, the staff introduced.
James missed the previous two video games with a sprained left ankle and was cleared to play after present process an on-court exercise about an hour earlier than tipoff.
Davis has missed the Lakers’ previous 18 video games with a proper mid-foot sprain. L.A. went 4-14 throughout that span with out him, which was the third worst file within the league for the reason that All-Star break.
L.A. comes into Friday’s showdown within the No. 11 spot within the Western Convention, dealing with No. 9 New Orleans, which is 2 video games up on the Lakers for one of many two play-in event berths with six video games remaining.
