Los Angeles Lakers coach JJ Redick says he doesn’t know when LeBron James will return after missing a second straight game.

James, the NBA’s all-time leading scorer and four-time NBA champion, sat out Sunday’s win over the Portland Trail Blazers because of a sore foot and missed practice this week for what Redick said were “personal reasons.”

Asked before Friday’s 97-87 loss at the Minnesota Timberwolves whether he knew when the 39-year-old James would be back with the team, Redick replied: “No.”

The defeat at Target Center was the Lakers’ eighth loss in 11 games, while the Timberwolves earned a fifth win in six games thanks to 23 points from Anthony Edwards and 21 from Julius Randle.

Anthony Davis finished the game with 23 points and 11 rebounds for the Lakers, who host the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday (02:30 GMT, Monday).

Joel Embiid suffered a fractured sinus in the Philadelphia 76ers’ 121-107 home loss to the Indiana Pacers.

The 2022-23 Most Valuable Player was playing in just his sixth game of the season after missing the start of the season with a knee injury and serving a suspension for an altercation with a reporter in the locker room.

He was accidentally hit near his cheekbone as the Pacers’ Bennedict Mathurin went for a rebound in the second quarter at Wells Fargo Center.

Embiid received treatment on the field and did not return.