LeBron James shrugs off injury worries after exiting Lakers latest game early: 'Not much concern'

While James did not provide a timetable for his return to the court, he did attempt to ease concerns about the severity of the injury. 

"Not much concern," James said. "Obviously, I'm day-to-day. I'll look at it each day and see if it gets better, and take the proper measures to see what I need to do moving forward."

James finished the game with 22 points, 14 rebounds and nine assists.

"I've been there before and I know what type of injury we're dealing with," James noted. He appears to be confident that his latest injury is not as serious as the 2018 one.

He also said he thought about former teammate Anthony Davis, who incurred his current groin injury in his first game with the Dallas Mavericks following his trade for Doncic.

"That's crazy. But I thought about AD," James said.

Doncic just wants James to give the injury the rest it needs. "Obviously, he's got to take his time," Doncic said. "Those injuries, I won't say are the worse, but they're tough to deal with."

The Lakers' loss to the Celtics ended Los Angeles' eight-game win streak. The defeat also briefly dropped them to third place in the Western Conference standings. But, L.A. moved back into second place after the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Denver Nuggets on Sunday afternoon.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.