Lakers’ Doncic to sit down vs. Warriors with strained left hamstring

LOS ANGELES — Lakers star Luka Doncic has been dominated out of Saturday’s sport in opposition to the Golden State Warriors (8:30 p.m. ET, ABC) due to a left hamstring pressure, the group introduced.

Doncic limped off the court docket late within the second quarter and was dominated out for the remainder of Thursday’s 119-115 win over the Philadelphia 76ers. The Lakers initially described Doncic’s damage as left leg soreness, however head coach JJ Redick mentioned that Doncic would endure an MRI on his left hamstring on Friday.

There was some optimism on Friday that Doncic shouldn’t be coping with a significant subject together with his hamstring, sources informed ESPN.

Following the Warriors sport, L.A. has a three-game homestand in opposition to the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder on Monday, the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday and Doncic’s previous group, the Dallas Mavericks, on Thursday. The All-Star Recreation is subsequent weekend on the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles.

Doncic led all gamers in balloting, receiving greater than 3.4 million votes to earn an All-Star nod for the sixth time in his eight-year profession.

Doncic leads the league in scoring with 32.8 factors per sport to go together with 8.6 assists and seven.8 rebounds. He has missed eight video games this season due to numerous leg accidents, and the Lakers have gone 4-4 in his absence.

With Doncic unavailable after halftime in opposition to Philadelphia, Austin Reaves orchestrated a comeback for L.A., serving to erase a 14-point third-quarter deficit by scoring 35 factors on 12-for-17 capturing in simply 25 minutes as a consequence of a taking part in time restriction as he ramps again up from a calf damage. LeBron James shook off a 2-for-9 begin from the sphere to complete with 17 factors and 10 assists, however he tied his season excessive with eight turnovers.

Of the 50 video games the Lakers have performed to this point this season, Doncic, James and Reaves have performed collectively in simply 10 of them.

The Lakers additionally introduced that guard Luke Kennard, acquired Thursday in a commerce with the Atlanta Hawks for Gabe Vincent and a second-round decide, is questionable for the Warriors sport.

Kennard reported to the Lakers’ observe facility Friday to start the onboarding course of together with his new group.