{"id":242723,"date":"2025-10-26T20:45:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T20:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/242723\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T20:45:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T20:45:07","slug":"doncic-out-at-least-1-week-with-finger-sprain-leg-contusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/242723\/","title":{"rendered":"Doncic out at least 1 week with finger sprain, leg contusion"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dave McMenaminOct 27, 2025, 06:30 AM<\/p>\n

Close<\/a>Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN.
\nCovered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> star Luka Doncic<\/a> will miss Sunday’s game against the Sacramento Kings<\/a> with a left finger sprain and a lower left leg contusion, the team announced.<\/p>\n

Doncic will be reevaluated in approximately one week. The Lakers are optimistic that Doncic will not need extended time for recovery beyond the initial estimated timeline, sources told ESPN.<\/p>\n

Editor’s Picks<\/a><\/p>\n

L.A. plays the Portland Trail Blazers<\/a> on the second night of a back-to-back Monday, then play on the road against the Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a> on Wednesday and the Memphis Grizzlies<\/a> on Friday before returning to host the Miami Heat<\/a> next Sunday.<\/p>\n

Doncic’s absence is a big blow for the Lakers, already without LeBron James<\/a> and now missing the services of their leading scorer who was off to a historic start to the season, averaging 46 points per game through L.A.’s first two games.<\/p>\n

The Lakers also announced that center Jaxson Hayes will not be available against the Kings, missing a second straight game with left knee soreness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dave McMenaminOct 27, 2025, 06:30 AM CloseLakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239417,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-242723","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}