Los Angeles Lakers News

Kevin Durant eliminating LeBron in the first round

No Luka Doncic No Austin Reaves LeBron in the first round:

The Lakers that showed up vs the Thunder last night...

“Dominican LeBron” going to work 😤

The Fab Five weighed in on Yaxel Lendeborg's "Dominican LeBron" nickname 😅

Breaking: Austin Reaves is out for the remainder of the regular season and is expected to miss four to six weeks with a Grade 2 oblique injury, per @ShamsCharania Reaves, along with Luka Dončić, is likely to be sidelined to start the NBA playoffs

Lakers' Austin Reaves is expected to miss four to six weeks with the Grade 2 oblique injury, sources tell ESPN. Devastating run of injuries to L.A.'s two leading scorers. Reaves and Luka Doncic are expected to be sidelined to begin the NBA playoffs.

Los Angeles Lakers guard Austin Reaves has been diagnosed with a Grade 2 left oblique muscle injury and is out for the remainder of the regular season.

The Los Angeles Lakers have recalled guards Kobe Bufkin and Dalton Knecht from the South Bay Lakers.

Just in on @SportsCenter – Lakers’ Luka Doncic will be sidelined indefinitely heading into the playoffs with a Grade 2 left hamstring strain:

Statement from Luka Doncic’s agent Bill Duffy of WME Basketball: "This season, Luka Dončić has performed at a historic level, leading the league in scoring, carrying the Lakers to third place in the Western Conference and placing himself in the middle of one of the most tightly contested MVP races in memory. To ensure that Luka’s incredible accomplishments this season are rightly honored and he can be considered for the league’s end-of-season awards, we intend to apply for an “Extraordinary Circumstances Challenge” to the 65-game rule. Luka missed two games this season for the birth of his second child in Slovenia. His daughter was born on Dec. 4 on another continent, and yet he was back in the United States competing with his team on Dec. 6. Luka has gone to great lengths to show up for his team and this league this season. His record-breaking season deserves to be noted in the history books, despite last night’s unfortunate injury and other extraordinary circumstances. We look forward to working with the NBAPA and the league office to ensure a fair outcome in this matter."

Per Lakers: Luka Dončić has been diagnosed with a Grade 2 left hamstring strain and will be out for the remainder of the regular season.

Los Angeles Lakers star Luka Doncic is out indefinitely due to a left hamstring injury, sources tell me and @mcten. He will miss the remainder of the regular season and his status is uncertain beyond that.

"Is Luka and Austin Reaves two guys that you build around that's gonna take you to the promised land? In my opinion, it's no." @KendrickPerkins weighs in on whether the Lakers can truly contend with Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves as their core 👀⤵️

"The Lakers are not ready to play with the big boys just yet." @DGreen_14, @malika_andrews and @KendrickPerkins break down how the Thunder were able to DOMINATE the Lakers 😳

Rough outcome last night on several levels for the Lakers. As if getting crushed (43 pts) by arguably the best team in the league wasn't bad enough, Luka Doncic could miss the rest of the regular season (five games) with the hamstring injury, which would knock him out of the running for NBA awards. He can't miss one more game in the final five due to the 65-game rule. So unfortunate considering the crazy season he's had in LA.

Happy Birthday, Vando 🎉

Lakers fans waking up realizing that last night was not a dream and they in fact did get sonned by the Thunder and Luka got injured...

Back-to-back standout performances 👏 TONIGHT: 27 PTS, 5 REB, 9 AST, 7 3PM TUESDAY: 30 PTS, 6 REB, 2 STL, 7 3PM Jrue Holiday (35yr, 295d) joins Steph, LeBron, Harden, and KD as the only players, age 35 or older, to record 25+ PTS, 5+ REB, and 5+ 3PM in back-to-back games!

Thunder hand Lakers WORST LOSS in over 2 YEARS 😳

Thunder hand Lakers WORST LOSS in over 2 seasons 😳

Final

The Lakers against the Thunder tonight 😭💀

OKC Thunder vs Los Angeles Lakers summarised....

Luka Doncic left the Lakers-Thunder game in the 3rd QTR with an apparent hamstring injury.