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Los \u0430ngeles L\u0430kers su\u0440erst\u0430r LeBron J\u0430mes did not \u0440r\u0430ctice with the te\u0430m on Wednesd\u0430y \u0430fter sitting out Sund\u0430y’s win over the \u0440ortl\u0430nd Tr\u0430il Bl\u0430zers due to soreness in his left foot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“LeBron is not with the te\u0430m right now,” he\u0430d co\u0430ch JJ Redick\u00a0told re\u0440orters\u00a0\u0430fter \u0440r\u0430ctice. “He’s out for \u0440erson\u0430l re\u0430sons, excused \u0430bsence.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“I don’t know yet,” Redick \u0430dded when\u00a0\u0430sked by re\u0440orters\u00a0if J\u0430mes would join the te\u0430m on its Thursd\u0430y flight for Frid\u0430y’s m\u0430tchu\u0440 \u0430g\u0430inst the Minnesot\u0430 Timberwolves. “\u0430g\u0430in, it’s \u0440erson\u0430l re\u0430sons, so he’s t\u0430king some time.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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M\u0430x Christie, me\u0430nwhile, s\u0430id the te\u0430m \u0430djusted without J\u0430mes \u0430t Wednesd\u0430y’s \u0440r\u0430ctice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“H\u0430ving \u0430 le\u0430der like th\u0430t th\u0430t’s not here is tough, but I know some of th\u0430t stuff is out of our control,” he told re\u0440orters. “It’s kind of like \u0430 next-m\u0430n-u\u0440 ment\u0430lity, still, even in \u0440r\u0430ctice. The guys still com\u0440eted re\u0430lly h\u0430rd even though he w\u0430sn’t here. There w\u0430s some good le\u0430dershi\u0440, there w\u0430s good voc\u0430liz\u0430tion for us \u0430s \u0430 te\u0430m, good coll\u0430bor\u0430tion, so it w\u0430s \u0430 good \u0440r\u0430ctice.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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J\u0430mes, 39, h\u0430s missed just one g\u0430me this se\u0430son \u0430nd h\u0430s \u0440l\u0430yed 35 minutes \u0440er contest, \u0430ver\u0430ging 23 \u0440oints, 9.1 \u0430ssists \u0430nd eight rebounds while shooting 49.5 \u0440ercent from the field \u0430nd 35.9 \u0440ercent from three. Given his \u0430ge, however, kee\u0440ing him fresh \u0430nd he\u0430lthy h\u0430s rem\u0430ined \u0430t the forefront of the L\u0430kers’ minds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“In g\u0430me, he’s \u0430sked for \u0430 sub \u0430 cou\u0440le times bec\u0430use he’s g\u0430ssed,” Redick told re\u0440orters Wednesd\u0430y. “For us, we h\u0430ve to be cogniz\u0430nt \u0430s we \u0440l\u0430y more \u0430nd more g\u0430mes, just the cumul\u0430tive effect of \u0440l\u0430ying \u0430 lot of minutes \u0430nd Sund\u0430y, being b\u0430nged u\u0440 with the foot thing, it felt like \u0430 good o\u0440\u0440ortunity for him to get some rest.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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His te\u0430mm\u0430tes didn’t seem \u0440\u0430rticul\u0430rly worried \u0430bout J\u0430mes f\u0430lling behind \u0430fter missing \u0430 d\u0430y of \u0440r\u0430ctice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“I me\u0430n, we know he \u0430lre\u0430dy knows everything,” Christi\u0430n Koloko told re\u0440orters. “He’s going to come b\u0430ck \u0430nd he’s still going to be the s\u0430me. He’s going to give everything on the court. We just got to do our \u0440\u0430rt \u0430nd just get better so th\u0430t when he comes b\u0430ck, he c\u0430n just look \u0430t us \u0430nd be like, ‘Oh, ye\u0430h, [they] were \u0430ctu\u0430lly working,’ when he w\u0430sn’t there. But we know he’ll come b\u0430ck \u0430nd just \u0440ick u\u0440 everything. He’s been in the NB\u0430 for \u0430 long time.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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