Both players were upgraded to questionable for Saturday night’s home game. James (groin) has missed the past seven games and Hachimura (patellar tendinopathy) has missed 10 straight.

The Lakers could be back to nearly full strength on Saturday as both LeBron James and Rui Hachimura have been upgraded to questionable against the Bulls.

The Los Angeles Lakers just wrapped up a brutal stretch where they had three sets of back-to-backs and had to play six games in eight days. Towards the end of it, their tired legs caught up to them as they lost to the Milwaukee Bucks by 29 points at home in a game where they rested most of their key starters.