{"id":568923,"date":"2026-01-29T17:30:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T17:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/568923\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T17:30:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T17:30:29","slug":"nba-injury-report-scary-fall-on-cleveland-cavaliers-court-sends-los-angeles-lakers-star-luka-doncic-into-brief-injury-scare-nba-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/568923\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA injury report: Scary fall on Cleveland Cavaliers\u2019 court sends Los Angeles Lakers star Luka Don\u010di\u0107 into brief injury scare | NBA News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"NBALuka Don\u010di\u0107 is injured (Image via NBA) LeBron James<\/a>, a native of Cleveland, had an emotional and joyous evening until the Cavaliers destroyed the Lakers 129-99 in a scorching second half. However, Luka Don\u010di\u0107’s ankle niggle on the Cavaliers’ elevated floor during the first half gave Los Angeles fans quite the worry. Due to what seemed to be a leg injury, Los Angeles Lakers player Luka Doncic entered the locker room during the team’s Wednesday game against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Doncic returned to pedaling after scoring a triple in the first quarter. However, he unintentionally tumbled from the raised court of the Cavaliers. He eventually grasped his lower left leg following the play.<\/p>\n

Luka Don\u010di\u0107 gets upset after scary fall near Cleveland Cavaliers bench during Los Angeles Lakers game<\/p>\n

When Lakers player Luka Don\u010di\u0107 walked in the space between the Cleveland Cavaliers’ home court and the bench during Wednesday’s first quarter, he seemed to sustain a left leg injury.In his own media appearances, Docic was somewhat reticent about the matter, even going so far as to blame himself. However, a fresh video that surfaced on Thursday revealed that he was now rather upset about it.Bleacher Report shared a video of Don\u010di\u0107 shouting from the “Post Daws” TikTok account on X:\u201cWho the f— made this court, god—–!\u201dAfter making a fading 3-pointer in front of the Lakers bench, Don\u010di\u0107 tumbled backwards off the court. His left foot slipped as he hopped backward, causing him to fall. He grabbed at his lower left thigh and remained on the ground for a long time.\u201cI kind of got scared,\u201d Don\u010di\u0107 said after the Lakers\u2019 129-99 loss to Cleveland. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t a great feeling, and, looking back at the video, I think I got a little bit lucky.\u201dHe hardly put any weight on the leg as he hobbled to the changing room. Even though his ankle was obviously bothering him, he made a comeback to the game later in the quarter.The Slovenian celebrity told reporters:\u201cIt\u2019s the only court that\u2019s like this\u2026 So I guess it\u2019s my fault. So I\u2019ll stop jumping like that. There\u2019s been a number of injuries over the years in this building because of the floor..\u201d<\/p>\n

Lakers coach calls Cavaliers\u2019 raised court a safety risk after Luka Don\u010di\u0107 scare<\/p>\n

With the arena floor a few inches below the playing surface, the Cavaliers boast the only elevated court in the NBA. When questioned about Don\u010di\u0107’s injuries, coach Redick responded as follows. Redick gave a direct response when asked why the floor’s design is still the same in spite of those injuries. Redick went on:\u201cThat\u2019s way above my pay grade. It is absolutely a safety hazard\u2026 I don\u2019t know why it\u2019s still like that. I don\u2019t. You can lodge formal complaints. A lot of times you don\u2019t see any change when you lodge a formal complaint.\u201d The Lakers are certainly grateful that Don\u010di\u0107’s injury wasn’t severe, but his remarks likely resonated with L.A. When they saw the play, there were admirers everywhere. The Cavaliers share an arena with the AHL’s Cleveland Monsters, therefore the floor is raised to accommodate the layer of hockey ice underneath; however, the why of Don\u010di\u0107’s reasoning is known.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Luka Don\u010di\u0107 is injured (Image via NBA) LeBron James, a native of Cleveland, had an emotional and joyous…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":568924,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3790],"tags":[7,77231,77232,193,4034,1698,300,4044,185,251,150,4033,4043,57646,6,8889,77233],"class_list":{"0":"post-568923","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-lakers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-basketball-floor-injury","10":"tag-cavs-vs-lakers","11":"tag-cleveland-cavaliers","12":"tag-la","13":"tag-la-lakers","14":"tag-lakers","15":"tag-lalakers","16":"tag-lebron-james","17":"tag-los-angeles","18":"tag-los-angeles-lakers","19":"tag-losangeles","20":"tag-losangeleslakers","21":"tag-luka-doncic-injury","22":"tag-nba","23":"tag-nba-injury-report","24":"tag-raised-court-safety-hazard"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115979579403150118","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}