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Lakers head coach Darvin Ham said after Thursday's 128-110 loss to the Warriors that James (ankle) will "in all likelihood" play Friday versus the Spurs, Dan Woike of the Los Angeles Times reports.
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After playing light minutes in this past Sunday's All-Star Game while he continues to experience left ankle peroneal tendinopathy, James was held out for the front end of the Lakers' back-to-back set to open the team's second-half schedule. Fortunately for James and the Lakers, his absence Thursday looks to have been maintenance-related more than anything else. The Lakers' training staff will presumably re-evaluate James early Friday, but if he reports no renewed soreness in his ankle, he should be cleared ahead of the 10:30 p.m. ET tipoff. Expect James to handle his normal minutes load if he plays.
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