Luka Dončić Adresses Groin Injury Concerns After Lakers' Season-opening Loss

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Luka Dončić handled a large workload successful nan Lakers' season-opening 119-109 nonaccomplishment to nan Warriors connected Tuesday night, arsenic nan Slovenian superstar scored 43 points while adding 12 rebounds and 9 assists successful a game-high 41 minutes of level time. And successful nan waning moments of nan contest, it appeared arsenic if Dončić had tweaked something.

The Lakers prima was seen grabbing astatine his soul leg adjacent his groin while grimacing arsenic if he was successful pain. But Dončić didn't look concerned astir a imaginable wounded aft nan game.

"It's astir apt nothing," Dončić said. "Just felt it a small spot because my hep went [the opposite] way. Felt it a small bit, but it's astir apt nothing."

A imaginable Dončić wounded would beryllium nan past point Los Angeles, which will beryllium without four-time NBA MVP LeBron James for nan first period of nan season arsenic he deals pinch sciatica, needs, peculiarly considering that nan nine seemed to already miss James's presence.

"It's difficult to hide astir LeBron," Redick said aft nan game. "The reality is erstwhile you're focused connected nan group that you have, you gotta make that group work. So sometimes you tin conscionable beryllium like, 'Oh, ohio my god, we're going to get LeBron back. It's awesome.

"I'll beryllium honorable pinch you, I did person 1 infinitesimal successful that first half erstwhile we had a fewer possessions we couldn't people against nan area it'd beryllium awesome to person Lebron conscionable to propulsion it to successful nan precocious post."

It was an uneven nighttime offensively for nan Lakers, who changeable 54.5 percent from nan section but struggled from beyond nan arc and committed 20 turnovers.

Despite nan violative inconsistencies and nan Lakers' inability to take sides nan three-point line, Dončić was encouraged by his efforts connected nan protect end.

"I deliberation I'm getting amended connected nan protect end, I'm conscionable trying to get much involved, much connection [with his teammates]," Dončić said. "But overall, 41 minutes, truthful I for illustration that."

And arsenic for nan groin, Dončić will now person 2 days disconnected earlier nan Lakers' adjacent title against nan Timberwolves connected Friday.