Luka Doncic

A Grade 2 hamstring strain usually means a player is out about a month. The playoffs start in 15 days.

The Los Angeles Lakers put their recent hot stretch to the test on Thursday night when they hit the road to take on the Oklahoma City Thunder, the defending champs that currently have the best record in the league. The Thunder handled business against the Lakers in their first two matchups, and they more than […]

Lakers superstar Luka Doncic will undergo an MRI on Friday after exiting Thursday's game with a left hamstring injury.

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After the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder delivered a message to the Los Angeles Lakers, ESPN’s Kendrick Perkins is wondering what the future holds for Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves. Perhaps the full-fleged message to the Lakers goes beyond this season, as Reaves’ contract extension will loom over the organization during the offseason. Perkins is […] The post Luka Doncic, Austin Reaves won’t lead Lakers to ‘promised land,’ Kendrick Perkins says appeared first on ClutchPoints.

Fourteen months removed from the most shocking move in recent NBA history, Dallas Mavericks’ Max Christie reflected on the Los Angeles Lakers’ trade for Luka Doncic, which sent him to Dallas last season. He’ll never forget the day it happened. Christie revealed how he found out about his trade from the Lakers to the Mavericks, […] The post Mavericks’ Max Christie drops Luka Doncic trade revelation over a year later appeared first on ClutchPoints.

If Lakers star Luka Doncic can’t play the remainder of the regular season — which seems likely due to his hamstring injury — he would be the first scoring leader to not make an All-NBA team since 1976, according to Tim Reynolds of the Associated Press. He needs to play in one more game to […]

Austin Reaves jumped to Luka Doncic's defense after a fan heckled him on the sidelines when he went down with a hamstring injury.

If the 43-point loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder wasn’t bad enough, the Los Angeles Lakers are also on edge as superstar guard Luka Doncic went down in the second half with a left hamstring injury and did not return. While Doncic suffered his injury in the third quarter, head coach JJ Redick is facing […]

Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd directly disputed minority owner Mark Cuban's assertion that he played a role in the February 2025 trade that sent Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers, stating Friday he was kept out of the process entirely until moments before the deal became public. "Cuban has mentioned that I knew about the trade," Kidd said. "Unfortunately, as I have said, I was not part of the process. I was informed at the 11th hour. And that's the truth." Kidd provided specific detai...

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The streaking Los Angeles Lakers intended to make a statement in Thursday night’s showdown with the NBA-leading Oklahoma City Thunder, but they were annihilated in the Paycom Center. The Purple and Gold did not just lose a marquee matchup, however. They also might have lost their top guy roughly two weeks before the playoffs begin. […] The post LeBron James’ instant reaction to Luka Doncic’s crushing injury after Lakers loss appeared first on ClutchPoints.

As if Luka Doncic’s hamstring injury was not enough, Austin Reaves was bothered by a back injury in the Los Angeles Lakers’ loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder at Paycom Center on Thursday. The Lakers started flat and never recovered, as their four-game winning streak was snapped by the Thunder, 139-96. It did not help […] The post Lakers’ JJ Redick discusses apparent Austin Reaves injury after drubbing by Thunder appeared first on ClutchPoints.

The Los Angeles Lakers announced that Luka Doncic was ruled out of Thursday night’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder due to a left hamstring injury Doncic was hobbling for most of the night but seemed to tweak his hamstring early in the third quarter, immediately going down in pain. Once he got up, he […]

J.J. Redick put a hobbled Luka Doncic into a game the Lakers were getting destroyed in — and then the worst-case scenario happened.

Meanwhile, the Celtics and Nuggets are at the top of the second tier of contenders

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander continues to lead the NBA Most Valuable Player straw poll with 88 first place votes ahead of Victor Wembanyama who has moved up into second place. Nikola Jokic, Luka Doncic and Jaylen Brown round out the top-5 in that order. Wembanyama, who has been openly lobbying to win the award, had 63 second place votes and eight first place votes while appearing on every ballot. Jokic received only three first place votes while Doncic received none in the poll. Ten players receiv...

Luka Doncic does not satisfy a condition for the exception.

The Los Angeles Lakers will face a tough test on Thursday as they visit the Oklahoma City Thunder at Paycom Center. The Lakers are riding on a four-game winning streak and have only lost once in their last 14 games. Luka Doncic will look to continue his hot run, as he has scored 40 points […] The post Lakers’ Marcus Smart gets optimistic injury update from JJ Redick appeared first on ClutchPoints.

It was a very bad night for the Lakers.