{"id":1862847,"date":"2026-04-03T03:35:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T00:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1862847"},"modified":"2026-04-03T03:35:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T00:35:38","slug":"luka-doncic-injures-hamstring-during-lakers-game-vs-thunder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1862847","title":{"rendered":"Luka Don\u010di\u0107 injures hamstring during Lakers game vs. Thunder"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"Article_ContentContainer__jBNW3 article-content-container bodytext1\">\n<p>OKLAHOMA CITY \u2014 What was supposed to be an MVP-candidate showdown is on the verge of ending as badly as possible for the Los Angeles Lakers. LA is getting beaten badly, but much more importantly, Luka Don\u010di\u0107 left the game midway through the third quarter after suffering a left hamstring injury.<\/p>\n<p>With the Lakers trailing 90-58 with 7:39 remaining, Don\u010di\u0107 came up limping after driving to the basket against Oklahoma City\u2019s Jalen Williams. He hopped around while putting no weight on his left leg before lying down on the baseline and burying his head in his arms. The Lakers called a timeout, and Don\u010di\u0107 limped to the locker room. The Lakers announced he would not return.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container\">\n<div class=\"ad-wrapper article-treatment\">\n<div class=\"ad-slug-container\">\n<p class=\"ad-slug\">Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mid1\" data-position=\"mid1\" class=\"ad place-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Don\u010di\u0107 had appeared to suffer some kind of leg issue late in the first half after a jump pass to Luke Kennard.<\/p>\n<div id=\"top-league-content-root\"><\/div>\n<p>    {&#8220;endpoint&#8221;:&#8221;https:\/\/api-prd-nyt.theathletic.com\/graphql&#8221;}<\/p>\n<p>The Lakers trailed most of the game by at least 30 points after a disastrous start in which they repeatedly turned the ball over against the Thunder\u2019s pressure. Don\u010di\u0107, who was named the Western Conference Player of the Month for March earlier in the day, was having his worst game in weeks. He had 12 points on 3-of-10 from the field at the time of the injury, with seven assists and six turnovers.<\/p>\n<p>This was Don\u010di\u0107\u2019s 64th game this season, so he will not be eligible for any postseason awards if he cannot return for any of the Lakers\u2019 five remaining regular-season games. The Lakers next play Sunday in Dallas against Don\u010di\u0107\u2019s former team, the Mavericks.<\/p>\n<p><em>This story will be updated.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OKLAHOMA CITY \u2014 What was supposed to be an MVP-candidate showdown is on the verge of ending as badly as possible for the Los Angeles Lakers. LA is getting beaten badly, but much more importantly, Luka Don\u010di\u0107 left the game midway through the third quarter after suffering a left hamstring injury. With the Lakers trailing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,241],"class_list":["post-1862847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-nytimes-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1862847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1862847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1862847\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1862847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1862847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1862847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}