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JaVale McGee missing game against Warriors, championship ring ceremony on pause

Former Warriors player JaVale McGee will have to wait a bit longer to receive his 2018 championship ring: the Lakers center is missing Tuesday's game at Oracle Arena due to pneumonia.

The Warriors had planned to give McGee his ring in a Christmas Day ceremony, in what was to be McGee's first game against his former team.

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Instead, McGee is out for his fifth straight game due to pneumonia, after spending three days in the hospital to recover from his illness.