Just when the Los Angeles Lakers looked like they were ready to make some serious noise in the Western Conference, the basketball gods decided to flip the script.
The Los Angeles Lakers announced Luka Doncic will miss the remainder of the regular season after an MRI confirmed a Grade 2 left hamstring strain. Doncic suffered the injury in the third quarter/a> of the Lakers’ loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday night.
The Oklahoma City Thunder came into this game as the best team in the NBA, and the Los Angeles Lakers came in riding a hot streak. What followed was not a game.
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This would be a strange one. If Luka Doncic can’t return before the regular season ends, he could miss All-NBA honors despite leading the league in scoring, per the Associated Press.
If the 43-point loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder wasn’t bad enough, the Los Angeles Lakers are also on edge as superstar guard Luka Doncic went down in the second half with a left hamstring injury and did not return.
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Well, that escalated quickly. The Lakers had been rolling. Sixteen wins in 18 games. Luka Doncic playing like an MVP. Everything trending the right way.
With the Western Conference a tight-knit race yet again this season, this series will look at the standings and games to watch across the league as the Lakers look to secure home court and move up the standings.
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The Los Angeles Lakers got dealt a serious reality check at the hands of the Oklahoma City Thunder, falling by 43 points on the road to the defending champions.
Thursday night’s bout between the Los Angeles Lakers and Oklahoma City Thunder was about a disastrous a game as possible for the purple and gold. Not only did they lose by 43 points, but Luka Doncic suffered what appeared to be a significant hamstring injury in the third quarter, leaving LeBron James and Austin Reaves without their co-star.
The Los Angeles Lakers came into Oklahoma City riding a four-game winning streak and had won 13 of their last 14 games. They had a chance to show the rest of the West they belonged in the same conversation as the Thunder.
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