Luka Dončić to miss rest of regular season with hamstring injury, Lakers announce

Luka Dončić, the NBA’s leading scorer and a top candidate for the league’s Most Valuable Player award, will miss the rest of the regular season with a Grade 2 left hamstring strain, the Lakers announced Friday. His status for the playoffs, which begin in 15 days, remains uncertain.Dončić, 27, suffered the injury during the third quarter of the Lakers’ 139-96 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday night. He pulled up lame on a drive against the Thunder’s Jalen Williams and, after hopping on one leg, crumpled to the ground.Advertisement