On Sunday night, the Los Angeles Lakers will visit the Sacramento Kings.
The Lakers are 1-1 in their first two games of the new season.
Luka Doncic Out For Extended Period:
Before the game, the Lakers announced that Luka Doncic would be out for at least one week.
Via Jovan Buha of The Athletic: “Luka Dončić has been diagnosed with a left finger sprain and lower left leg contusion. Dončić will be reevaluated in approximately one week, per the Lakers.”
Luka Dončić has been diagnosed with a left finger sprain and lower left leg contusion. Dončić will be reevaluated in approximately one week, per the Lakers.
— Jovan Buha (@jovanbuha) October 26, 2025
Doncic is averaging 46.0 points per contest while shooting 62.0% from the field through his first two games of the 2025-26 season.
Many people reacted to the news on social media.
Damichael Cole: “The Grizzlies are likely to get the Lakers without LeBron James or Luka Doncic on Halloween. This will also be an NBA Cup game.”
@big_business_: “Luka had back to back 40 point games man”
@RunLamarRun: “Lakers might not ever touch 100 points again until he is back.”
@Greedyszn1: “Lakers going scoreless for a week”
@Jezuslane: “What happens when u gotta score 40 every night for your team to atleast hope to win smh”
@SleeperHawks: “Ain’t no way I buy lakers tickets in the preseason and now Bron and Luka are both gonna be out”
@KlawedUP: “Lakers top 2 players injured after their entire fanbase was making unction jokes at us all offseason”
@thehqenba: “Shocked it wasn’t a back injury with how hard he was carrying the Lakers”
@Tim_GrizzAFCA: “No Lebron and no Luka they’re cooked😂😂”
@LakersLead: “LAKERS NEW PROJECTED STARTING 5 Gabe Vincent Austin Reaves Jake LaRavia Rui Hachimura Deandre Ayton WE’RE SO COOKED”
@JustRyCole: “Season already over”
@LukaWrld77: “let’s see if the lakers can play without bron and luka for 2-3 games…. this is the true test”
Marc Stein: “The Lakers now say Luka Dončić will miss at least one week due to the finger sprain and a left lower leg contusion but there is initial optimism that his unavailability won’t linger far beyond that.”
After the Kings, the Lakers will return home to host the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night.
