Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (ankle) is questionable for Thursday's game against the Washington Wizards.
Lakers head coach Darvin Ham said James might be held out for the second leg of the back-to-back after Wednesday's comeback victory over the Los Angeles Clippers. If James is sidelined, there will be more minutes for Spencer Dinwiddie, Taurean Prince, and Cam Reddish (ankle). There would also be more ball-handling opportunities for D'Angelo Russell and Rui Hachimura.
numberFire's models project LeBron for 34.6 minutes and 48.7 FanDuel points on Thursday. Prince started in place of LeBron last week and scored 20.6 FanDuel points in 31.9 minutes. Per our NBA Heat Map, the Lakers' implied total (126.75) and the game total (244.0) are both the highest of the day.
Source: Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times