Los Angeles Lakers veteran LeBron James remains a question for Friday night's game against the Indiana Pacers after sustaining a possible injury.
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James fell to the floor after scoring a layup with 4:05 remaining in Thursday night's game against the Denver Nuggets. He banged his elbow on the court and screamed in pain.
James remained on the ground, writhing in pain, as the Nuggets players moved the ball down the court. They aimed to take advantage of a five against four situation, but the whistle blew the play dead.
As a player walked up to James, the veteran said, "Yeah, my elbow." He then grimaced and said, "F—" as the players attempted to help him from the floor.
LeBron James makes the layup falls and gets injured on his left elbow (with replays)
He gets some treatment on the floor and on the bench, and returns couple of minutes later pic.twitter.com/XYiOJIQZcE
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Several moments after some teammates helped him from the floor, James walked back to the bench. He shook his arm and constantly moved it while working through the pain. He returned to the floor as the game drew closer to its conclusion, but he ultimately left for good with just over 20 seconds remaining.
The replay showed that James used his right arm to brace himself as he fell. His left elbow then landed on a cameraman's foot. This is when he screamed in pain.
"It's pretty sore right now," James said after the game, a 120-113 loss. He had his elbow wrapped as he spoke to reporters.
"It felt like one of those funny bone situations, but like, super more intense," he added.
The attention now turns to Friday night's game against the Pacers. This is a tight turnaround for the NBA's all-time leading scorer, especially as he plays in his 23rd season. Bodies don't quite recover the same after 40, so will he be ready to take on another game?
"We'll see what happens over the next couple of days," he said. "Hopefully, I'll wake up 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."
