In Los Angeles During his media appearance at All-Star weekend, LeBron James established the stakes for the next 23 games of the Lakers' regular season.

Lakers’ D'Angelo Russell

For a regular season, it's 23 of the most significant games of my career," James told reporters on Sunday. It's the kind of attitude I have and that I want the lads to have when they return from the vacation.

The Lakers followed James' instructions and defeated the Golden State Warriors 124-111 on Thursday at Crypto.com Arena. This improved their record to 28-32 overall and made them 3-1 since restructuring the squad with a number of trades before the trade deadline.

After suffering a right ankle injury on Thursday, Lakers point guard D'Angelo Russell writhed on the court. When the Lakers play in Dallas on Sunday, he is not expected to participate.

Russell, who injured his right ankle during the opening period of the Lakers' victory over the Golden State Warriors on Thursday night at Crypto.com Arena, will probably not play on Sunday, according to Lakers coach Darvin Johnson.

Russell rolled his ankle after stepping on Donte DiVincenzo's foot while inbounding the ball for Golden State.

Ham noted following the game that "He's still going through some different medical processes." Really, there hasn't been a formal statement. It's not sprained. Yeah, it is sprained, I might say. No structural harm or similar issues exist. That will essentially be a day-by-day process.