{"id":491043,"date":"2026-04-03T08:24:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T06:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=491043"},"modified":"2026-04-03T08:24:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T06:24:34","slug":"luka-doncic-exits-lakers-loss-with-hamstring-injury-mri-scheduled-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/luka-doncic-exits-lakers-loss-with-hamstring-injury-mri-scheduled-next\/","title":{"rendered":"Luka Doncic exits Lakers loss with hamstring injury, MRI scheduled next"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"1916\" data-end=\"2227\">During the Lakers\u2019 139-96 loss in Oklahoma City, <strong data-start=\"1965\" data-end=\"1980\">Luka Doncic<\/strong> was forced to leave the game early because of a <strong data-start=\"2029\" data-end=\"2054\">left hamstring strain<\/strong>. The Slovenian star first felt discomfort late in the first half, then suffered another setback in the third quarter while attacking off the dribble against Jalen Williams.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Luka Doncic is devastated after getting injured <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5DtQadCNfO\">pic.twitter.com\/5DtQadCNfO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fullcourtpass (@Fullcourtpass) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Fullcourtpass\/status\/2039903883154128947?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2229\" data-end=\"2583\">Coach <strong data-start=\"2235\" data-end=\"2248\">JJ Redick<\/strong> said Doncic will undergo an <strong data-start=\"2277\" data-end=\"2294\">MRI on Friday<\/strong> to determine the severity of the injury. \u201cWe checked him out, he got treatment and he was cleared. We\u2019re not going to put a player at risk,\u201d Redick said after the game. <strong data-start=\"2464\" data-end=\"2480\">LeBron James<\/strong> also reacted with concern, saying it was \u201cthe last thing you want to see\u201d at this stage of the season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Luka Doncic seems to pull up because of his left hamstring<\/p>\n<p>This is the SAME hamstring he hurt prior in the season. If it\u2019s a strain timeline is dependent on severity<\/p>\n<p>Grade I: 1-2 weeks<br \/>\nGrade II: 3-6 weeks <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VdFWqz2snl\">pic.twitter.com\/VdFWqz2snl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. Evan Jeffries, DPT (@GameInjuryDoc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GameInjuryDoc\/status\/2039907004970664147?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2585\" data-end=\"2912\">The injury comes at a crucial point for both the <strong data-start=\"2634\" data-end=\"2644\">Lakers<\/strong> and Doncic, who had just completed a huge March and remained in the MVP conversation. He finished the game with 12 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists and 6 turnovers in 26 minutes, while Los Angeles now awaits the scan results hoping for positive news before the playoffs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Lakers star left the blowout loss to the Thunder with a left hamstring strain<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":491042,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[399],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[179,187],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-491043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","typology-injury","typology-video"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-03-alle-08.19.00.png","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/491042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491043"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=491043"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=491043"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=491043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}