james lebron and Anthony Davis are absent for the Los Angeles Lakers game on Monday at the Nets.
Lakers listed lonnie walker as likely with left knee tendinitis while directing James (left ankle pain) and Davis (right foot stress injury) for the 7:30 p.m. whistleblower at Barclays Center.
Los Angeles does it with Tuesday’s 7:30 p.m. game against the Knicks looming.
The Lakers (23-27) enter Brooklyn (30-19) on the heels of Saturday’s 125-121 overtime loss to the Boston Celtics.
James scored a game-high 41 points on 15-of-30 shooting — including a 6-for-12 clip from long range — while grabbing nine rebounds and delivering eight assists in 44 minutes.
Davis, meanwhile, added a double-double performance off the bench with 16 points and 10 rebounds in 34 minutes.
Davis, 29 — out of action since Dec. 18 until last Tuesday’s 113-104 win over the San Antonio Spurs — has played just two games since returning from injury.
James, in his 38-year-old season, is averaging 30.2 points on 50.7 percent shooting in 36.3 minutes over 40 games. He added 8.5 rebounds and 7.1 assists per game.
From 25 of 27 games, Davis is averaging 26.7 of 58.4 points. Shooting percentage, 12 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 2.1 blocks in 33.2 minutes.
The Nets, who have been without Kevin Durant since sustaining an MCL sprain in his right knee on Jan. 8, has avoided a three-game losing streak with Saturday’s 122-115 win over New York.
The Knicks (27-24) are out until Tuesday’s game against the Lakers at MSG.
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