LeBron James suffered knee injury in Lakers’ Game 5 loss to Timberwolves

EL SEGUNDO — If the Lakers’ 2024-25 season didn’t end earlier in the week against the Minnesota Timberwolves in the first round of the playoffs, they would have likely been without LeBron James for an extended period.
James suffered a Grade 2 medial collateral ligament (MCL) sprain in his left knee during the fourth quarter of Wednesday’s Game 5 loss to the Timberwolves, a source confirmed to the Southern California News Group on Friday.
The injury would have likely led t