Saturday, March 20, Lebron James and the Los Angeles Lakers were playing a game against the Atlanta Hawks. During one play, James was chasing a loose ball, and as he was running after the ball, Hawks wing Solomon Hill made contact with James’ right ankle. James fell and got hurt. He was able to stay in the game for another few seconds before he signaled a time out and walked directly to the locker room.

After the game, it was discovered that James had a high right ankle sprain, in which the ligaments between the tibia and fibula are affected . James was upset that the injury caused him to be out, as he wants to be there on the court with and/or for his teammates.

The Lakers wound up losing to the Hawks. This puts them in third place in the standings for the Western Conference.