Lakers, Thunder meet, look to rise in standings

When the Los Angeles Lakers and Oklahoma City Thunder faced off most recently three weeks ago, Lakers superstar LeBron James became the NBA's all-time leading scorer.

The Lakers will be without James when the teams meet Wednesday night in Oklahoma City.

James sustained a right-foot injury in Sunday's win over the Mavericks and is expected to miss several weeks.

Tuesday, in Los Angeles' first game without James, the Lak