As Lakers fans watched in horror as LeBron James writhed in pain and said he “heard it pop” while laying on the ground on Sunday, it appears it may have all happened under a ticking clock.
LeBron had never been listed on the injury report with any sort of right foot injury as it was his left foot that had been the cause of concern. However, Sunday was reportedly not a new injury for that foot. According to Shams Charania of The Athletic, James suffered the injury initially in January and had been playing through the pain.