Why Luka Doncic isn't playing tonight for Lakers with injury news, potential return timeline
Los Angeles is heavy underdogs in Oklahoma City.
Why Luka Doncic isn't playing tonight for Lakers with injury news, potential return timeline originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Los Angeles Lakers are heavy underdogs in their series opener against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday night.
A big part of the problem as the playoffs reach the Western Conference semifinals is this: Luka Doncic still isn't playing. LeBron James is great, and Austin Reaves and the rest of the supporting cast are solid. But the Thunder are a different beast, the defending champions led by reigning MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
OKC isn't supposed to lose, and certainly not to a Lakers team lacking Doncic. That's the hand the Lakers have currently been dealt, though. MORE: Why Cade Cunningham is wearing a flak jacket underneath his jersey Why isn't Luka Doncic playing tonight?
Doncic remains out due to injury as the Lakers-Thunder series begins. He continues to recover from a Grade 2 hamstring strain that has kept Doncic out for about a month. The Lakers advanced past the Houston Rockets in the first round without Doncic on the floor.