Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James will miss at least another week as he continues to receive treatment on his strained left groin.

He will be re-evaluated in one week, the team said in a news release, meaning James will miss Friday’s home game against the New York Knicks, road games at Minnesota on Sunday and at Dallas on Monday (he will not travel with the team on that road trip) and a home game against Detroit on Wednesday.

Playing at Utah on Jan. 11 or at home against Cleveland on Jan. 13 would be the next games for James’ potential return to the lineup for the 21-17 Lakers, who are 1-3 since James sustained the injury against Golden State on Christmas.

James, 34, has been remarkably healthy throughout his career. It’s an attribute almost as impressive as his strength, quickness, scoring, passing and basketball IQ. In 15-plus seasons, he has played in 94% of possible games and has never missed a playoff game. Last season, he played in all 82 games for the first time in his career.

He has been bothered by minor injuries from time to time and a bad back sidelined him for two weeks in 2014-15. Since then, James has not missed consecutive games with an injury until now.

James’ injury is costing the Lakers in the standings. With him, the Lakers were 20-14 and in fourth place in the Western Conference, 2½ games out of first place.

Headed into Friday’s game, they are in eighth place and five games behind first-place Denver in the ultra-competitive and deep West. The Sacramento Kings are two games behind the Lakers, and the Memphis Grizzlies and Mavericks are 2½ games behind Los Angeles, which is also just a game behind the fifth-place Portland Trail Blazers.

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