Injury report: LeBron James, Sam Merrill and more ahead of Lakers vs. Cavs
All eyes are on James against his former team.
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The Cleveland Cavaliers head to Los Angeles for Tuesday's game against the Lakers , in a matchup of LeBron's current and former teams. Los Angeles enters the matchup having won 12 of their last 13, including Monday night's 19-point win against the Washington Wizards on the first night of a back-to-back. Currently, the Lakers are third in the West, just one and a half games over the Denver Nuggets with seven games remaining.
On the other hand, the Cavaliers have won six of their last seven games as they continue to hunt down the New York Knicks for the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference. Cleveland trails New York by one game, but the Knicks hold the tiebreaker if the two teams were to finish the year with the same record.
Ahead of Tuesday's game, each side will be without at least one key contributor. For Los Angeles, former Defensive Player of the Year award winner Marcus Smart has been ruled out with an ankle contusion. LeBron James has been listed as questionable, after playing on the first night of a back-to-back Monday.