“The King” is set to make his return.
LeBron James suited up and participated in shootaround ahead of the Los Angeles Lakers’ home game against the Chicago Bulls on Sunday. The team officially made him available to play after he was upgraded to questionable earlier in the day. On Saturday, his injury status was upgraded from out to doubtful.
The team posted a video on Twitter of James shooting in warmups with the caption, “King Day.”
James has not played since Feb. 26 against the Dallas Mavericks due to a lingering injury to his right foot tendon. He missed 13 games as the Lakers try to make a playoff push.
Shortly after that, the team made another post making James’ availability “officially official.”
On Thursday, the new all-time NBA scoring leader gave fans an update on his status via Twitter, saying that he had no clear timetable for return, but that he was “working around the clock, every day(3X a day) to give myself to best chance of coming back full strength whenever that is.”
The Lakers are currently eighth in the Western Conference with a 37-37 record. They are carrying a three-game win streak into Sunday’s matchup.
Tipoff is set for 3:30 p.m. ET.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: LeBron James expected to make Lakers return against Bulls on Sunday
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