The Los Angeles Lakers were aiming to continue their winning momentum when they locked horns with the Boston Celtics on Saturday, March 8. They were coming on the back of an eight-game winning streak, and were hopeful to extend it. However, things didn’t go as planned for the Lakers, as they suffered a 111-101 loss to the Celtics.<\/p>
It was a neck-to-neck competition till the second half. However, the game started to slip off from the Lakers, when their star player LeBron James sustained a groin injury<\/a>. The 40-year-old, who recently reached 50,000 career-point<\/a> milestone, was forced to walk out of the game in the fourth quarter and missed the remainder of the game. <\/p> While James seemed to be optimistic about the injury, the latest update says that he will be expected to miss a few weeks of action. According to Shams Charania of ESPN, the 21-time All-Star will be out for one to two weeks. The report further said that he will undergo another evaluation within 24 hours once the injury calms down. <\/p>