Lakers star Luka Doncic experience left leg soreness in Thursday’s game vs. Philadelphia and has been ruled out for the remainder of the contest, the team announced (Twitter link via ESPN’s Dave McMenamin).
According to Jovan Buha (Twitter link), the Slovenian guard was grabbing at his hamstring for a couple of possessions prior to leaving the court. He was also holding his hamstring when he went to the locker room with 3:03 remaining in the second quarter, tweets Brad Turner of The Los Angeles Times.
Obviously, any type of hamstring injury is very concerning for an athlete. The Lakers will be hoping Doncic’s soreness is simply that and not a strain, which would likely sideline him for multiple weeks.
Doncic, 26, has missed eight games to this point in 2025/26. Through 41 appearances, the NBA’s leading scorer has averaged 33.4 points, 8.7 assists, 7.9 rebounds and 1.5 steals in 36.0 minutes per game. His shooting slash line is .475/.348/.779.
Austin Reaves is currently on a minutes restriction in his second game back from a calf strain, but he’s a candidate for more on-ball responsibilities if Doncic misses additional time. LeBron James and trade addition Luke Kennard are among the other Lakers who could receive more usage depending on the severity of Doncic’s injury.
Got in shape and seems to get injured more.
Losing weight and being in shape aren’t the same.
Not really. Although I’m a huge fan of Luka Dončić, Nico Harrison was right about one thing, his durability. He still made the dumbest trade in NBA history but the next time Luka plays more than 72 regular season games will be the first time.
Glass
What was that AD?
Mr. Oden maybe.
I don’t think there is a single person alive that thinks the AD for Luka trade was good for Mavs. So even if Doncic misses the rest of the season that trade would still be a win for Lakers. He’s prolly out for a month, tops.
Phoenix is a curse. They are are like a curse,