LeBron James left the game with an injury as the Los Angeles Lakers’ eight-game win streak came to an end following a loss to the Boston Celtics on Saturday.

A few months ago, few people expected Saturday’s matchup between the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers to be a potential NBA Finals preview. By the time the buzzer sounded for a 111-101 Celtics win,

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James was ruled out of the remainder of Saturday's game against the Boston Celtics after suffering a groin strain in the fourth quarter. He had 22 points, 14 rebounds and nine assists in 35 minutes prior to exiting the game.

Lakers superstar LeBron James exited Saturday night's game against the Celtics with a groin injury. Here's what we know.

The Lakers and LeBron James are unsure when exactly he'll return from a groin injury, but he'll likely miss at least one to two weeks.

With the Lakers down by 18 points in the fourth, the Celtics' Jayson Tatum blew past James and drove to the basket for a layup. Tatum made some minimal contact with James and may have grazed James's chin with his right elbow, but James—ever the league veteran—expertly sold the foul:

LeBron James could potentially be sidelined for weeks after sustaining an injury to his left groin during the Los Angeles Lakers' loss to the Boston Celtics on Saturday. James exited the matchup in the middle of the fourth quarter,

All-Star forward LeBron James is expected to miss at least 1-2 weeks after injuring his left groin in the Celtics’ win over the Lakers on Saturday night at TD Garden. Shams Charania of ESPN.com was first to report on the timetable.

And it's actually much about LeBron James' new groin injury, rather than the result of the game itself. James' injury appeared to happen late in the fourth quarter. With the Lakers on the comeback trail,

LeBron James didn’t sound overly concerned about the strained groin that he suffered in the waning minutes of Los Angeles’ loss to Boston.