{"id":465522,"date":"2025-12-23T01:02:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T01:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/465522\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T01:02:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T01:02:13","slug":"luka-doncic-to-miss-lakers-matchup-vs-suns-due-to-left-leg-contusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/465522\/","title":{"rendered":"Luka Don\u010di\u0107 to miss Lakers\u2019 matchup vs. Suns due to left leg contusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"Luka Don\u010di\u0107 reaches for his left calf during a Lakers-Clippers game.\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2252313112.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"responsive\" class=\"image-next-root\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0;border:none;margin:auto;display:block;width:0;height:0;min-width:100%;max-width:100%;min-height:100%;max-height:100%;object-fit:cover\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Article_ImageCaptionCredit__mkXi_ article-image-caption-credit Typography_body1__xfKuc inherit Typography_base__jzSqr\">Luka Don\u010di\u0107 reaches for his left calf during a Lakers-Clippers game. MediaNews Group \/ Pasadena Star-Ne<\/p>\n<p>Star guard Luka Don\u010di\u0107 will miss Tuesday\u2019s game against Phoenix after suffering what the Lakers are calling a \u201clower left leg contusion\u201d that he suffered against the Clippers Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The injury occurred in the first quarter when Bogdan Bogdanovi\u0107 kneed Don\u010di\u0107 in the left calf. When the Lakers opened practice to media on Monday, Don\u010di\u0107 had a large wrap on the calf muscle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been diagnosed and confirmed as a lower leg contusion,\u201d R\\edick said when asked if Don\u010di\u0107 received any image testing on the muscle.<br \/>Redick said he considered Don\u010di\u0107 \u201cday to day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the second time this season he\u2019s missed time because of a leg bruise. Don\u010di\u0107 missed three games in the first week of the season after suffering a similar contusion.<\/p>\n<p>The Lakers, who finished Saturday\u2019s loss to the Clippers with soon-to-be 41-year-old LeBron James as the lone healthy starter, will be getting help Tuesday against the Suns.<\/p>\n<p>Deandre Ayton, who missed the last two games with a left elbow injury, fully participated in practice on Monday and is set to play against the team that drafted him No. 1.<\/p>\n<p>And Austin Reaves, who has missed the Lakers\u2019 last three games with a mild calf strain, participated in parts of practice and is questionable to return.<\/p>\n<p>Rui Hachimura, who didn\u2019t play against the Clippers because of groin soreness and reserve Gabe Vincent, who has a back strain, are both out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Luka Don\u010di\u0107 reaches for his left calf during a Lakers-Clippers game. MediaNews Group \/ Pasadena Star-Ne Star guard&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":465523,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[7564,3141,1260,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-465522","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-fantasy-basketball","9":"tag-los-angeles-lakers","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115766188625846967","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}