Sad News: The Lakers Set To Meet With The Warriors Without Four Of Their Key Players Including LeBron James Due To Injuries.

Lakers Injury Report: Status of LeBron James, Anthony Davis Revealed for Showdown with Warriors

Two key players for the Los Angeles Lakers’ playoff seeding, LeBron James and Anthony Davis, have both surfaced on the team’s injury list before of their clash.

For the past several weeks, James (ankle) and Davis (achilles) have been frequent guests on the report, battling the same injuries.

Despite their persistent injuries, James is labeled as questionable and Davis as likely, but based on their performance over the last few weeks, we can expect them both to play.

In addition to the two superstars from Los Angeles, Christian Wood (knee), Jarred Vanderbilt (foot), Cam Reddish (ankle), and Gabe Vincent (knee) are also out. In terms of how they affect Los Angeles’ perimeter defense against the Warriors, who have two guards in Stephen Curry and Chris Paul who can be difficult to control in the halfcourt, they are all quite significant blows in different ways.

Because Golden State is a tiny team that struggles against larger defenders on the glass and within the arc, this presents difficulties for Los Angeles when it comes to playing bigger. To the dismay of fans, LA is forced to run a lot more three-guard lineups because they are unable to run these larger lineups with Vanderbilt and Reddish out.

In addition, L.A. primarily relies on Jarred Vanderbilt to counter Stephen Curry, thus in his absence, Austin Reaves will probably be asked to take up the role, probably with little success.