LeBron James: Ankle Is 'Horrible' After Suffering Injury in Lakers' Loss to Pelicans

The Los Angeles Lakers star suffered an ankle injury in the second quarter of Sunday's 116-108 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans, and he told reporters in his postgame press conference that he isn't sure how he finished the game.

James said he had no idea how he finished the game.

He said that he added. It's terrible. It is horrible right now.

James was injured trying to get in position for a rebound. He rolled his ankle and fell to the court in pain.

James went to the bench to have his ankle looked at after the Lakers called a timeout. He was back on the court a short time later.

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LeBron James went down after rolling his left ankle but he's up and will try to continue. 🙏 pic.twitter.com/80KfTrA1aE

It is not known if James will miss any time. The Lakers are barely hanging on to a spot in the play-in tournament, so they can't afford for him to be out for a long time.

Without James, the Lakers have had to weather the storm. They are 13 in his absence.

James has been a bright spot in L.A. He was shooting 52.3 percent from the floor and 35.4 percent from deep in the 54 games he had played.

The Dallas Mavericks are fourth in the Western Conference with a 46-29 record and will be facing the Lakers on Tuesday. If James misses time beyond Tuesday, L.A. could be in deep trouble with the Utah Jazz, Denver Nuggets, Phoenix Suns and Golden State Warriors on tap to close out the regular season.