LeBron James won’t be attending the Met Gala because of MCL sprain

The hits simply carry on coming for the Los Angeles Lakers.

First, they misplaced within the opening spherical of the NBA playoffs to the lower-seeded Minnesota Timberwolves, and LeBron James sustained a knee harm in Recreation 5 that may’ve saved him out of a few of the postseason had they superior.

Now, the Lakers have misplaced their Met Gala illustration due to that very same harm. James broke the news himself on social media on Monday, hours earlier than the beginning of the occasion, saying that he would not make it due to his harm.

James sprained his MCL within the fourth quarter of final week’s eventual 103-96 loss and briefly exited earlier than returning to play the ultimate 7:23 of regulation. A postgame medical evaluation revealed that there was extra to the harm than initially believed, to the purpose that James’ report streak of 292 consecutive postseason video games performed throughout his 22 seasons would have ended with a missed Recreation 6, if there had been one.

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Fortunately, James’ household will nonetheless be represented at this 12 months’s Met Gala. No, not by Bronny James:

Over the previous few years, increasingly more athletes have acquired coveted invitations to the annual fundraiser. This 12 months, sports activities are on the forefront with Formula 1 star Lewis Hamilton as a co-chair. James was serving as an honorary chair.

Earlier this 12 months, the Met introduced it could revive a bunch committee for the night, which is able to embrace Chicago Sky star Angel Reese and Olympic gold medalists Simone Biles and Sha’Carri Richardson.

The Related Press contributed to this report.

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