{"id":583744,"date":"2026-04-03T22:45:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T22:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/583744\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T22:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T22:45:09","slug":"luka-doncic-injury-update-austin-reaves-exchange-with-fan-video-la-lakers-v-oklahoma-city-thunder-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/583744\/","title":{"rendered":"Luka Doncic injury update, Austin Reaves exchange with fan, video, LA Lakers v Oklahoma City Thunder, latest news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A fan who heckled Luka Doncic following the Lakers star\u2019s injury Thursday night got an absolute earful from Austin Reaves (all times US).<\/p>\n<p>Just after Doncic crumpled to the Paycom Center hardwood in the third quarter of the Lakers\u2019 road matchup with the Thunder, Reaves raced in to blast an Oklahoma City supporter who had taunted the ailing Los Angeles star.<\/p>\n<p>Watch NBA with ESPN on Kayo Sports | Stream an average 9 LIVE Regular Season games per week plus the best of the NBA Playoffs.| New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/en-AU\/welcome?pg=default&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkbasketball-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-basketball-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Video shot by a spectator shows that once the courtside fan yelled about Doncic\u2019s defence as the 27-year-old was down in pain, Reaves quickly told him to \u201cshut the f \u2014 k up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s f \u2014 king hurt,\u201d Reaves added.<\/p>\n<p>The man, however, clapped back \u2014 which led to a heated interaction between the two.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s some bulls \u2014 t,\u201d Reaves said as he approached the fan. \u201cHe\u2019s down hurt. That\u2019s some bulls \u2014 t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reaves\u2019 teammates and other Lakers staffers attempted to diffuse the situation, but it nonetheless continued for several tense moments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHave some f \u2014 king respect,\u201d Reaves said as he inched closer and closer to the guy. \u201cHave some respect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully for all parties, Reaves eventually walked away from the scene before things seriously escalated.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear if Reaves or the fan will face any league discipline over the altercation. It\u2019s also not yet known how severe Doncic\u2019s hamstring injury is.<\/p>\n<p>What is certain is the Lakers ended up getting blown out by the Thunder, 139-96, in a game many Los Angeles fans had hoped would prove they were legitimate NBA title contenders.<\/p>\n<p>-This story was <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/03\/sports\/austin-reaves-defends-luka-doncic-from-thunder-heckler\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">originally published in the New York Post<\/a> and reproduced with permission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A fan who heckled Luka Doncic following the Lakers star\u2019s injury Thursday night got an absolute earful from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":583745,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[285885,2095,64,30097,63,726,485,800,4517,19972,285883,285884,285887,7896,481,12280,2041,2067,3371,5673,5548,223119,285886,85,285888,43345,2614,7211],"class_list":{"0":"post-583744","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-absolute-earful","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-au","11":"tag-austin-reaves","12":"tag-australia","13":"tag-basketball","14":"tag-california","15":"tag-espn-inc","16":"tag-hamstring-injury","17":"tag-injury-update","18":"tag-king-hurt","19":"tag-king-respect","20":"tag-league-discipline","21":"tag-lebron-james","22":"tag-los-angeles","23":"tag-new-york-post-company","24":"tag-north-america","25":"tag-northern-america","26":"tag-oklahoma","27":"tag-oklahoma-city","28":"tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","29":"tag-paycom-center","30":"tag-spectator-shows","31":"tag-sports","32":"tag-tense-moments","33":"tag-title-contenders","34":"tag-united-states-of-america","35":"tag-washington-wizards"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583744","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=583744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/583745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}