Lakers Insider Provides Update on Luka Doncic Injury in EuroBasket

Apr 25, 2025; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic (77) looks on against the Minnesota Timberwolves in the first half during game three of first round for the 2024 NBA Playoffs at Target Center. Mandatory Credit: Jesse Johnson-Imagn Images | Jesse Johnson-Imagn Images

Los Angeles Lakers insider Dan Woike provided an injury update on point guard Luka Doncic, who left an exhibition match against Latvia in EuropBasket on Saturday.

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Woike revealed Doncic avoided any serious injury on the play.

Source tells me that he's avoided any serious injury on the play. https://t.co/UtFc5hGPxo

— Dan Woike (@DanWoikeSports) August 16, 2025

In the third quarter of the game, Latvia's Kristers Zoriks pushed Slovenia's Gregor Hrovat while driving to the basket. Hrovat collided with Doncic under the hoop, causing the superstar to limp off the court before heading to the locker room.

Thankfully, Woike revealed Doncic avoided any serious injury on the play, though he did not return to the game after his exit. He scored 26 points and recorded four rebounds and five assists in the contest.

The 26-year-old point guard has had his fair share of injuries, most of which affected his lower legs. He missed all of preseason last season with a left calf contusion, missed three games of the NBA Playoffs in 2022 with a calf strain and missed a month and a half in 2024-25 with the same injury.

Doncic's condition is great news for the Lakers, who have built their team for the future around the superstar. The Lakers gave Doncic a three-year, $165 million extension, which will keep him in LA through at least the 2027-28 season.

They have made a plethora of moves this offseason to strengthen their team and contend for a championship, including the additions of center DeAndre Ayton, point guard Marcus Smart and forward Jake LaRavia.

The Lakers traded for Doncic in the middle of the 2024-25 season, infamously sending Anthony Davis, Max Christie and a second-round pick to the Dallas Mavericks in the biggest trade of the season. After his arrival in LA, Doncic averaged 28.2 points, 8.1 rebounds and 7.5 assists per game through 28 games.

Doncic is a well-established superstar in NBA, and has received major honors every season of his career bar 2024-25, where he struggled with injury early in the season. With the Mavericks, Doncic won Rookie of the Year in 2018-19, and made every All-Star Game and All-NBA First Team from the 2019-20 season to the 2023-24 season. He also placed top-10 in MVP voting in each of those seasons.

The Lakers fell short in the 2024-25 playoffs, exiting in a crushing first-round loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves in five games; however, with Doncic and the additions they made this offseason, they will be hopeful they can break through a competitive Western Conference.

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