Scan on LeBron James’ sore left foot shows no serious damage

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A scan done on LeBron James’ troublesomeleft ankle and foot showed no serious issue, but the newly crownedNBA career scoring leader sat out a second straight game Saturdaynight since breaking Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s mark earlier in theweek.

Still, coach Darvin Ham expects to see James back on the floorbefore the All-Star break. When asked whether James might need tobe sidelined through the break, Ham offered, “No, I don’t thinkhe’ll allow us to do that.”

Generalmanager Rob Pelinka said earlier Saturday that nothing wasseriously wrong for James, who topped former Lakers starAbdul-Jabbar during Tuesday’s 133-130 home loss to OklahomaCity.

“LeBron didhave some imaging on his foot injury, and we’re grateful thatthings came back clean and good.” Pelinka said.

The game withGolden State — missing reigning NBA Finals MVP Stephen Currybecause of a left leg injury — marked James’ seventh sidelined bysoreness in the left ankle. He also missed one game with left footsoreness and another because of a non-COVID illness. He also satout five games with a strained left inner thigh muscle.

“Just for himto continue to get treatment, stay off of it,” Ham said of theplan. “Obviously we made moves and one of the biggest moves ismaking sure we’re not putting him in a position where we’re puttinghim at risk of a bigger issue.”

James haswhat Ham called “normal wear and tear, little irritated in onearea.”

The38-year-old James has made his 19th straight All-Star team and has38,390 career points.

“We’re justtaking this time that we have to get him treated and hopefully gethim back so we can make a good run and he can be in the midst of itdown the stretch,” Ham said.