For the second consecutive Christmas, the Lakers star, forward LeBron James , did not live his best experience after seeing how his team lost 106-111 to the Clippers and also suffered a relapse in the right groin injury. A collision with the base Patrick Beverley , of the Clippers, in the first quarter of the game, caused James to aggravate the groin injury and could force him to miss the next games he plans to play the team.

"It felt good to start the game," James said after finishing with 23 points after making 9 of 24 shots field shots, with 10 assists and 9 rebounds. "I knelt when I received a load of Pat Beverley and that brought me back to where I was five days ago." James, who will turn 35 next week , had already been down in the previous game the Lakers played against the Denver Nuggets.

The forward Kawhi Leonard shone in a special way in the victory of the Clippers. His inspiring inspiration came at the most decisive moment of the game, in the last quarter when he scored 11 of the 35 points with which the match ended. Leonard, who finished with a double-double, was also the best in the inner game to get 12 rebounds, distributed five assists and recovered a ball.

A year ago

Last Christmas, LeBron James suffered a break in the left groin against the Golden State Warriors, the first major injury of his career, and it cost him to miss 17 competition games and the team stay out of the playoffs .

Although the Lakers chain four consecutive losses , the worst streak so far this season, managers have already spoken with James to convince him that the important thing is to rest and begin the process of rehabilitation of the injury and not return to the competition until That is fully recovered. The Lakers will have a complicated weekend with two consecutive duels, the first of visitors to the Portland Trail Blazers and local Sunday against the Dallas Mavericks.

James, who has repeatedly rejected the feeling of the overload of minutes that he already carries over this season, was officially placed by the team on the list of the daily assessment of his physical condition. "Honestly, I haven't even thought about Portland yet ," James said after the game against the Clippers. "If I feel good, I will help the team, but we will have to wait and see what happens."

The Lakers insist that the goal with James is that they need him during the six months that the competition lasts if in the end they manage to be back in the playoffs and therefore that will be the main priority and hence to deal with the physical problems that may affect you do not go to more and can generate a more serious injury, as happened last season.

Ibaka can't avoid the defeat of the Raptors

The good game of the Spanish-Congolese pivot Serge Ibaka, with 12 points and 8 rebounds, has not prevented the Toronto Raptors from falling on Wednesday against the Boston Celtics (102-118) in the 'Christmas Day' in the NBA, a duel disputed at the Scotiabank Arena. The Raptors, punished for the injuries - among them that of the Spanish Marc Gasol - could not stand the rhythm of some Celtis who soon found inspiration in Canadian territory. Above all, two players stood out: J aylen Brown and Kemba Walker .

The first achieved 30 points and was decisive in the third round with half his contribution, while Walker concluded with 22 to knock out the current NBA champion. Those at home tried to react in the second quarter, but the Boston franchise's response was blunt. This is the third defeat of the Raptors in the last five games , a streak that, however, does not remove the Canadian team from the playoffs. For its part, Boston Celtics accumulates five consecutive wins and consolidates in privileged positions with a balance 21-7.

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