The Lakers will be without LeBron James for the first time this season on Monday against the Jazz due to left foot soreness. LeBron will be one of multiple Lakers out in Utah with both Lonnie Walker IV and Patrick Beverley will be out with non-COVID illnesses.
Beverley also missed the Lakers contest on Sunday against the Cavaliers with the same non-COVID illness. It’s an illness that has impacted multiple Lakers with LeBron and Anthony Davis having battled through it last week as well.
While this isn’t perhaps the way head coach Darvin Ham wanted to have it happen, he did speak heading into this season about having LeBron and AD rest more during the regular season.