LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James will miss his third consecutive game with injuries to his right hip and left foot when the Los Angeles Lakers host Minnesota on Tuesday night.
The Lakers announced James' continued absence about two hours before they hosted the Timberwolves.
The top scorer in NBA history hasn't played since last Thursday, when he injured his left elbow in a hard fall caused by contact with Nikola Jokic late in the Lakers' loss at Denver. James set the league's career record for field goals made earlier in that game.
James' elbow is apparently healed enough to play, but he also bruised his hip in the fall, coach JJ Redick said.
“It's still day-to-day,” Redick said. “Sometimes day-to-day means two days. Sometimes it can mean five or six days. But he's day-to-day.”
James has missed 21 of the Lakers' first 65 games of the season due to injury.
James is hurting in a taxing stretch of the schedule for the Lakers (39-25), who are attempting to play their way into the top four in the Western Conference. Their game against Minnesota was the Lakers' seventh in 11 days.
Los Angeles still had won five of six heading into its meeting with the Wolves, who knocked the Lakers out of the first round of the playoffs last spring.
James will be sidelined for at least a week with his injuries, because the Lakers' next game is Thursday against Chicago. That's not necessarily a terrible thing for James or the Lakers, who need their 41-year-old veteran close to top form down the stretch.
“He's trying to ramp up,” Redick said. “He wants to be out there, and so do we. Hopefully he's back soon.”
James missed the first 14 games of the season with sciatica. He was sitting out while the Lakers beat Minnesota twice in the first two weeks.
The Lakers are 13-7 without James in their lineup this season, and they're 9-2 when Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves are both playing without James.
So while Redick wants James on the court, he also knows the group dynamic changes when Doncic can have the ball in his hands as much as he wants.
“There's a clear pecking order when Luka and AR are on the floor together with guys that are low-usage players,” Redick said. “That's the nature of nearly every Big Three that's existed. We're going to get there, and I think we've seen some positive signs. I know LeBron, he recognizes the importance of having Luka as the engine, and all he really wants is to impact winning.”
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Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James grimaces after falling while going up for a basket past Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokić in the second half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, March 5, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
ROME, Ga. (AP) — Democrat Shawn Harris and Republican Clay Fuller advanced to a runoff for Marjorie Taylor Greene’s former U.S. House seat in Georgia after no candidate won a majority in Tuesday’s special election.
President Donald Trump in February endorsed Fuller, a district attorney who prosecutes crimes in four counties, to succeed Greene in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District. Greene, once among Trump's most ardent supporters, resigned in January after a falling out with the president.
Trump's endorsement didn't boost Fuller to a majority of the vote in a 14-candidate field that included nine Republicans, three Democrats, a Libertarian and an independent. But Fuller said he was confident he could bring Republicans together to beat Harris on April 7.
“I think the Republican Party is going to unite around us because they know that the Democrat is too dangerous,” he said Tuesday night. “We can't have a Democrat representing Georgia 14. That would be a tragedy for our community, a tragedy for Georgia 14 and a tragedy for the MAGA movement.”
Harris, a cattle farmer and retired brigadier general, will face an uphill battle to win a majority in the heavily Republican district. Nevertheless, he was leading in the hours after the polls closed and Democrats are likely to boast of his success as they have focused on strong performances in special elections.
Harris has contrasted himself with Greene’s bomb-throwing style, saying practical-minded Republicans should vote for him because he will work for constituents “not for somebody else who's already in D.C.”
“The way I’m going to go to Congress is that it’s going to be a coalition of Democrats, independents and Republicans,” Harris said Tuesday night.
The winner will serve out the remaining months of Greene’s term. A Republican win in the northwest Georgia district would bolster the party’s slim majority in the House, where Republicans currently control 218 seats to Democrats’ 214.
Fuller was a White House fellow in the first Trump administration and is a lieutenant colonel in the Georgia Air National Guard. He finished fourth in the 2020 Republican primary that Greene won. He credited Trump's nod for propelling him to the runoff.
“They want to know who President Trump was endorsing in this race,” Fuller said. “And that's why they came out in droves to support him, because they want an America First fighter on Capitol Hill fighting for his policies that are going to make a difference for our community.”
Harris said he’s not worried about further Trump intervention.
“If Donald Trump wants to come and do what he wants to do, that’s his business," he said.
This round of voting is only the first step in an elections marathon in the Georgia district. Republicans and Democrats seeking a full two-year term are set for a May 19 party primary, and possibly a June 16 party runoff, before advancing to the general election in November.
Last week, 10 Republicans and Harris qualified to run in November for a full two-year term. That includes Fuller, as well as Colton Moore, a former state senator and favorite of far-right activists who was poised to finish third on Tuesday, short of the runoff.
For Fuller voters like Presley Stover, support for Trump hasn't wavered.
“I think as of right now, he’s doing a great job," said Stover, who lives in Dallas, Georgia. “He’s definitely helping us a lot more than Biden did. I mean, as of now, they’re not the best, but you’re not gonna change anything overnight.”
Those who backed Democrats said they were repelled by Trump and eager to reduce his power.
“There just needs to be checks and balances and I don't think we have many of those right now," said Matthew Wisniewski, a Dallas resident who voted for Harris.
Greene was one of the most well-known members of Congress until she left in January. She remained loyal to Trump after he lost to Democrat Joe Biden, promoting Trump’s falsehoods about a stolen election. When Trump ran again in 2024, she toured the country with him and spoke at his rallies while wearing a red “Make America Great Again” hat.
But Greene began clashing with Trump last year after he and other Republicans pushed back against her running for U.S. Senate or governor. Greene criticized Trump’s foreign policy and his reluctance to release documents involving the Jeffrey Epstein case. The president eventually had enough, saying he would support a primary challenge against her. Greene announced a week later that she would resign.
Associated Press journalist Emilie Megnien contributed to this report.
Democrat Shawn Harris, center, speaks during an Atlanta Press Club forum for candidates in Georgia's 14th Congressional District, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026, at Georgia Public Broadcasting, in Atlanta. (J. Glenn Photography/Press Club via AP)
FILE - Republican Colton Moore, who resigned from the state Senate to run for Congress, poses for a photo outside the Georgia Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy, File)
