{"id":123859,"date":"2026-05-07T23:47:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T02:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/lakers-luka-doncic-still-unsure-when-hell-return-from-injury\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T23:47:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T02:47:13","slug":"lakers-luka-doncic-still-unsure-when-hell-return-from-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/lakers-luka-doncic-still-unsure-when-hell-return-from-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers&#8217; Luka Doncic still unsure when he&#8217;ll return from injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"byline-wrap\">\n<ul class=\"authors byline-authors\">\n<li class=\"single-author mugshot-shown\">\n<div class=\"author-img\"><\/div>\n<p>Dave McMenamin<span class=\"timestamp \">May 6, 2026, 01:51 PM ET<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-overlay\"><a class=\"icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after\" href=\"#\">Close<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN.\n<\/li>\n<li>Covered 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.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Multiple Authors<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>OKLAHOMA CITY &#8212; <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"2876e98b-b9bc-2920-4319-46e6943f8be4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/lal\/los-angeles-lakers\">Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> star <a data-player-guid=\"583794eb-0f38-9bbd-3e25-9dd33b7f83b8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/3945274\/luka-doncic\">Luka Doncic<\/a> does not know when he will be able to return from the Grade 2 hamstring strain that has sidelined him since early April, he said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s very frustrating,&#8221; Doncic, speaking for the first time since the injury occurred, told reporters in a meeting room at the team hotel. &#8220;I don&#8217;t think people understand how frustrating it is. All I want to do is play basketball, especially this time. It&#8217;s the best time to play basketball.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s very frustrating seeing what my team is doing. I&#8217;m very proud of them. It&#8217;s been very tough to just to sit and watch them play.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Doncic suffered the injury in a game against the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"bd458c44-2d33-47eb-cebc-35d3d4ac595c\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/okc\/oklahoma-city-thunder\">Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> on April 2 and has not played since, ending what was an MVP-caliber campaign in his first full regular season with the Lakers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The day I did the MRI on the hamstring, the doctor told me eight weeks [recovery] at the beginning,&#8221; Doncic said. &#8220;I&#8217;m doing everything I can in the process, and I think we&#8217;re on a good way. But at the beginning, he told me eight weeks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Game 2 on Thursday will mark five weeks to the day since the injury.<\/p>\n<p>When asked whether he intends to try to play when the series shifts to Los Angeles for Games 3-4, Doncic was noncommittal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m just doing everything I can,&#8221; said Doncic, adding that he has started running but has not done any contact drills. &#8220;Every day, I&#8217;m doing stuff I&#8217;m supposed to do. Obviously recovery, now I&#8217;m working. &#8230; Just going day by day, and I feel better every day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lakers coach JJ Redick was asked about how the team is balancing Doncic&#8217;s urge to return, while also protecting their star from worsening his injury if he came back too soon.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s very simple,&#8221; Redick said Wednesday after Doncic spoke. &#8220;It&#8217;s when he&#8217;s ready to play, he should play. That comes with the athlete having confidence. It&#8217;s no different from <a data-player-guid=\"8a9d9e1c-6174-0009-4883-3b4e16b492d0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/4066457\/austin-reaves\">Austin [Reaves]<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Reaves missed four weeks with a Grade 2 left oblique strain before returning in Game 5 of the Rockets series.<\/p>\n<p>Doncic said he dealt with a strain to the same hamstring earlier in the season that caused him to miss four games and play only sparingly in the NBA All-Star Game. This strain is more severe, however, and has caused him to proceed with caution.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a tough one for me because I came back from injuries before too soon, and it wasn&#8217;t the best result,&#8221; Doncic said. &#8220;You have to be very careful, and I&#8217;m doing everything to come back. All the recovery, the [hyperbaric] chamber, cold tub, everything I can to come back, but it&#8217;s obviously very different than other injuries I had.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Immediately following the injury, in an effort to expedite his return, Doncic traveled to Spain for additional treatment. He revealed Wednesday that he underwent platelet-rich plasma therapy (PRP) while overseas.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I went to Spain to do PRP,&#8221; Doncic said. &#8220;Everybody knows that Spain, they&#8217;re just one of the best countries to do that. And obviously, I talked with the Lakers&#8217; doctors, so everybody agreed for me to go there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Doncic said he received four PRP injections in Spain and needed to space each shot with four days in between.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So that&#8217;s why I stayed longer,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>He has been back around the Lakers for the entirety of their playoff run, as they beat the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"78113ad4-1ac7-0c04-dada-388a6ff4e15e\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/hou\/houston-rockets\">Houston Rockets<\/a> 4-2 in the first round and are now facing the defending champion Thunder in the second round.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everybody had us out,&#8221; Doncic said. &#8220;Everybody had us [losing in] five, six games &#8230; and we proved it. We can play. The way everybody stepped up is truly amazing to see. So hopefully they continue that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As well as they have played, <a data-player-guid=\"1f6592b3-ff53-d321-8dc5-6038d48c1786\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/1966\/lebron-james\">LeBron James<\/a> underscored Doncic&#8217;s absence following the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/48690344\/thunder-roll-lakers-game-1-west-semifinals\">108-90 Game 1 loss<\/a> to Oklahoma City in the Western Conference semifinals Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re playing against the No. 1 defensive team in the NBA,&#8221; James said. &#8220;And when you play against a great defense, you have to have guys that can attract multiple defenders on the floor at all times. &#8230; When you play against the world champions and [miss] having a guy that averages 34 [points] and eight [rebounds] and nine [assists] and is that special, that&#8217;s [a major piece missing].&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/48695018\/lakers-luka-doncic-unsure-return-injury\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dave McMenaminMay 6, 2026, 01:51 PM ET Close Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. 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Multiple Authors OKLAHOMA CITY &#8212; Los Angeles Lakers star Luka Doncic does not know when he will be able [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":123860,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAow2JLhCw:productID":"","maa_idioma":"","maa_pais":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5305,9488,3007,5282,5304,6205,33836],"class_list":["post-123859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ubirata","tag-doncic","tag-hell","tag-injury","tag-lakers","tag-luka","tag-return","tag-unsure"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lakers&#039; Luka Doncic still unsure when he&#039;ll return from injury - Ubirat\u00e3 Online Not\u00edcias - A realidade ao seu alcance!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dave McMenaminMay 6, 2026, 01:51 PM ETCloseLakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. 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