{"id":633829,"date":"2026-05-10T00:44:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T00:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/633829\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T00:44:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T00:44:12","slug":"final-injury-report-for-thunder-lakers-game-3-will-luke-doncic-jalen-williams-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/633829\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Injury Report for Thunder-Lakers Game 3: Will Luke Doncic, Jalen Williams Play?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> are at home on Saturday night as they host the Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> in Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinals.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles<\/a> enters Saturday\u2019s game trailing 0-2 in the series after losing on the road in Oklahoma City<\/a> in Game 2 on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

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\"LosLos Angeles Lakers guard Austin Reaves<\/a> (15) \u00a9 Mark J&period; Rebilas-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

In Thursday\u2019s loss to the Thunder, Austin Reaves led the way for the Lakers as he recorded 31 points and six assists while LeBron James<\/a> added 23 points and six assists of his own.<\/p>\n

Now Los Angeles will try to bounce back at home on Saturday in Game 3 as they look to grab a victory over the Thunder to avoid falling into a 0-3 hole in the series.<\/p>\n

On the other side, Oklahoma City enters Saturday\u2019s contest with a 2-0 series lead after defeating the Lakers at home on Thursday night in Game 2.<\/p>\n

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Oklahoma City Thunder forward Chet Holmgren.Alonzo Adams-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n

Chet Holmgren<\/a> led the way for the Thunder in Thursday\u2019s victory as he ended the game with 22 points, nine rebounds, three assists and four steals while Ajay Mitchell<\/a> recorded 20 points, three rebounds and six assists.<\/p>\n

While both teams are looking to pick up a victory in Game 3 on Saturday night, both squads may be without one of their star players due to injury.<\/p>\n

Thunder Injury Report: Will Jalen Williams<\/a> Play?<\/p>\n

For the Thunder, they have two players listed on their injury report, including star forward Jalen Williams.<\/p>\n

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Oklahoma City Thunder guard Jalen Williams (8) \u00a9 Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Oklahoma City has ruled out Williams due to a left hamstring strain that he suffered in the first round as he will miss his fifth consecutive contest.<\/p>\n

With Williams still sidelined, Mitchell, Alex Caruso<\/a> and Cason Wallace<\/a> could all continue to have increased roles.<\/p>\n

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Oklahoma City Thunder center Thomas Sorber (12)Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

The Thunder have also ruled out Thomas Sorber as he remains sidelined while recovering from a torn ACL.<\/p>\n

On the other side, the Lakers have two players listed on their injury report as well, including star guard Luka Doncic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic (77)William Liang-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Los Angeles has ruled out Doncic due to a left hamstring strain that has sidelined him to begin the playoffs and there is still no timetable for his return.<\/p>\n

With Doncic still sidelined, Marcus Smart<\/a> and Rui Hachimura<\/a> could both continue to have larger roles.<\/p>\n

The Lakers have listed Jarred Vanderbilt<\/a> as questionable due to a dislocated right finger that he suffered in Game 1 and he is in danger of missing his second straight game.<\/p>\n

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Los Angeles Lakers forward Jarred VanderbiltAlonzo Adams-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

If Vanderbilt remains sidelined, Dalton Knecht<\/a> and Jake LaRavia<\/a> could both be in line for increased roles once again.<\/p>\n

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Fans can catch Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinals between the Thunder and Lakers from Los Angeles on Saturday night at 8:30 p.m. ET on ABC.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on May 9, 2026, where it first appeared in the NBA<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Lakers are at home on Saturday night as they host the Oklahoma City Thunder in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":633830,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[56233,32235,11654,56260,16733,6935,17813,7625,31765,3013,3031,1055,3014,20467,355,12205,6402,33866,99,85998,273758],"class_list":["post-633829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ajay-mitchell","tag-alex-caruso","tag-austin-reaves","tag-cason-wallace","tag-chet-holmgren","tag-dalton-knecht","tag-jake-laravia","tag-jalen-williams","tag-jarred-vanderbilt","tag-lebron-james","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-luka-doncic","tag-marcus-smart","tag-nba","tag-oklahoma-city","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","tag-rui-hachimura","tag-sports","tag-thomas-sorber","tag-thunder-injury-report"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}