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The Los Angeles Lakers dropped Game 1 of their second-round series against the Oklahoma City Thunder and remain without superstar and leading scorer Luka Doncic.
Doncic suffered a Grade 2 hamstring strain on April 2, and the initial timeline projected a return in roughly four to six weeks.
However, speaking to the media on Wednesday, Doncic revealed that after undergoing an MRI, doctors informed him the recovery could take closer to eight weeks. He added that he’s doing everything possible to try to speed up that process.
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“The day I did the MRI on the hamstring, the doctor told me eight weeks," Doncic said. "I’m doing everything I can in the process, and I think we’re on a good way.”
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Beginning to run and shoot on the court are encouraging signs that Doncic’s recovery is progressing in the right direction. That said, Thursday will mark just five weeks since the injury.
There are still key phases in his rehab that need to be cleared, particularly returning to full 5-on-5 contact. Unless that happens within the next few days, it may be too late for him to return in this series — unless the Lakers can find a way to extend it.
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Doncic also detailed the lengths he’s gone to in order to speed up his recovery, from traveling to Spain for treatment to using cold plunges, hot tubs, and other methods to rehab the injury.
“This is the first time I’ve had a hamstring injury. It’s not the same as other injuries — you have to be very careful, and I’m doing everything I can to come back,” Doncic said. “All the recovery, the chamber, cold tub — everything I can to return. But it’s obviously very different from other injuries I’ve had.”
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