Some of the luster will be missing Saturday night when the Los Angeles Lakers visit the Atlanta Hawks in a game that will be contested without two marquee stars.

The Lakers will be without LeBron James, who didn't make the team's five-game road trip and has yet to play this season because of a sciatica issue. James was cleared to resume basketball activities on Thursday and will be re-evaluated over a two-week period.

The Hawks are without Trae Young, who will miss at least three more weeks with a sprained right MCL before he is re-evaluated. Atlanta is 2-2 without Young in the lineup.

Young's absence also deflates his ongoing rivalry with Lakers star Luka Doncic. The Hawks originally selected Doncic in the first round in 2018 but traded him to Dallas minutes later on draft night for Yo

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