The Los Angeles Lakers were able to avoid a $100,000 fine from the NBA when they failed to follow the proper protocol in reporting the reason behind LeBron James sitting out a nationally televised game against the Golden State Warriors last month, according to NBC Sports' Tom Haberstroh:

LeBron James recently sat out a coveted Saturday night ABC matchup against the Warriors due to “load management” even though he played a game on Thursday and had the day off before the game. According to multiple sources with knowledge of the situation, the league office sent out a reminder memo to all teams on Feb. 20 that re-emphasized proper reporting of injuries relating to load management or return from injury management. The Lakers had not followed the proper protocol, sources said, which called for the team to indicate James was out for load management relating to a recent groin injury. The league felt the semantic oversight, sources said, was not worthy of the $100,000 fine.

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James sat out the Lakers' game against the Warriors on Feb. 2 due to “load management” following his groin injury, though he played the game prior and after that. There was actually some speculation that LeBron was in the studio with 2 Chainz the night before this game, but he claims that happened in January.

LeBron hasn't missed any games since and is currently helping the Lakers' last push to make the playoffs. Barring any injuries, that will be the last game the All-Star forward will miss for the remainder of the season.