Overview
- The Lakers said Doncic will miss Sunday’s game at Sacramento and be reevaluated in about a week after a left finger sprain and lower left leg contusion.
- His absence overlaps a busy run for L.A., which has four games in six days including Portland on Monday and road dates at Minnesota and Memphis.
- Doncic opened the season with 43 and 49 points in his first two games, averaging 46 points per game to drive the Lakers’ offense.
- LeBron James remains out with a sciatica issue, and center Jaxson Hayes was ruled out against the Kings with left knee soreness.
- Elsewhere, Atlanta faced Oklahoma City without Kristaps Porzingis (flu-like symptoms), Zaccharie Risacher (ankle) and Jalen Johnson (ankle) as the Thunder improved to 3-0 behind Chet Holmgren’s 31 and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s 30.