LOS ANGELES: NBA scoring leader Luka Doncic will have an MRI exam on Friday after he left the Los Angeles Lakers’ game against Philadelphia with a left leg injury.
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Doncic limped to the locker room with 3:03 left in the first half Thursday night after apparently feeling pain in his hamstring on the far end of the court moments earlier. He didn’t return to the court when the second half began, and the Lakers announced Doncic was done for the night due to left leg soreness.
“He didn’t feel like it was good enough to go back in (to the game),” Lakers coach JJ Redick said. “Neither did (the) medical (staff), so we held him out. He’ll get some imaging. Too early to (diagnose) the injury. Just a sore hamstring.”
Doncic began the night leading the NBA with 33.4 points per game in his first full season with the Lakers despite missing eight games with different leg injuries. The Slovenian superstar is second in the league with 8.7 assists and he has also grabbed 7.9 rebounds per game.
