LeBron James is expected to suit up for the Los Angeles Lakers when they take on the Brooklyn Nets on Friday after sitting out of Wednesday’s game in Milwaukee.
James missed 17 games in the middle of the season with a groin strain, and while he has slowly worked his way back to close to full strength since then, the Lakers have dialed back his playing time to reduce risk of him re-aggravating his groin — or injuring it further — now that they’re more than 10 games back of the eighth seed in the Western Conference.