The Los Angeles Lakers should face the NBA’s high general seed with out its main scorer Tuesday, because it dominated out Luka Doncic for Recreation One in all its second-round collection with the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder on Monday.
Earlier within the day, coach J.J. Redick had declined to offer an replace on his famous person, earlier than the Lakers listed Doncic as out on their standing report Monday night.
A left hamstring pressure, suffered in a 139-96 setback to those identical Thunder, has held the 33.5 factors per recreation scorer out of those playoffs thus far. Regardless of that, the fourth-seeded Lakers (53-29) defeated the fifth-seeded Houston Rockets 4-2 of their first-round collection with out Doncic.
The Thunder rolled to the league’s finest file at 64-18 within the common season earlier than starting their playoff run with a 4-0 sweep of the Phoenix Suns.
The Lakers have gone 0-4 in opposition to the Thunder this season, with only one loss coming by lower than double digits.
Doncic’s standing is in preserving with latest reporting on the matter. On Sunday, ESPN termed Doncic to be on a “sluggish path” in his restoration, with no return but to full-contact exercises whereas being thought-about week-to-week.
A six-time All-Star and two-time scoring champion, Doncic additionally averaged 7.7 rebounds and eight.3 assists per recreation in 2025-26, his first full season in Los Angeles.
Revealed on Might 05, 2026