{"id":607945,"date":"2026-02-17T11:24:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T11:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/607945\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T11:24:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T11:24:21","slug":"luka-doncic-injury-update-lakers-player-offers-positive-news-about-his-injury-after-the-nba-all-star-game-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/607945\/","title":{"rendered":"Luka Doncic injury update: Lakers player offers positive news about his injury after the NBA All-Star Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Los Angeles Lakers are hoping to gain momentum coming out of the NBA All-Star<\/a> break, especially with Luka Doncic trending toward a return. With the playoff race tightening in the Western Conference, Los Angeles is counting on improved health to strengthen its push toward legitimatechampionship contention.<\/p>\n

After the All-Star festivities concluded, Doncic addressed the media and offered a positive update on the hamstring injury that had sidelined him for the previous four games. The Slovenian star made it clear that participating, even in a limited fashion, was important to him.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was good. Obviously, the fans voted for me in this game, so I wanted to be there. I played a little bit, but it felt good,\u201d Doncic said when asked about how his hamstring responded to the brief action.<\/p>\n

Doncic<\/a>, who received the most votes among Western Conference players for this year\u2019s All-Star selection, logged just five minutes in the opening game before shutting it down. He finished with two points and two assists, shooting one of three from the field, as the Lakers prioritized caution over risk.<\/p>\n

\"Luka<\/p>\n

Luka Doncic of the Los Angeles Lakers.<\/p>\n

Doncic critiques Team World performance at All Star<\/p>\n

Later in the press conference, Doncic reflected on Team World\u2019s showing under the event\u2019s new format. He suggested that injuries, much like those affecting the Lakers in the NBA<\/a> season, also impacted Team World\u2019s overall rhythm and depth.<\/p>\n

\"Victor<\/p>\n

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Victor Wembanyama gets real about how his \u2018set the tone\u2019 mindset was revolutionizing the NBA All-Star Game<\/p>\n

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\u201cYeah, I think it was good, you could see it was a little bit better,\u201d Doncic said. \u201cThey added one more game, but we didn\u2019t make it, and we had some injuries on our team again. We\u2019ll be better next year, hopefully.\u201d<\/p>\n

Doncic also echoed the sentiments of several fellow All-Stars by crediting Victor Wembanyama for raising the competitive intensity. According to Doncic, Wembanyama\u2019s approach set the tone and pushed others to elevate their performance throughout the event.<\/p>\n

As for his immediate future, Doncic remained cautious when asked about playing Friday at home against the Los Angeles Clippers. \u201cWe\u2019ll see,\u201d he said. LeBron James also acknowledged that health remains the Lakers<\/a>\u2019 biggest obstacle, a sentiment Doncic clearly shares as Los Angeles looks to reestablish itself in the postseason race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Lakers are hoping to gain momentum coming out of the NBA All-Star break, especially with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":607400,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3790],"tags":[7,4034,1698,300,4044,251,150,4033,4043,368,6,7218],"class_list":{"0":"post-607945","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-la","10":"tag-la-lakers","11":"tag-lakers","12":"tag-lalakers","13":"tag-los-angeles","14":"tag-los-angeles-lakers","15":"tag-losangeles","16":"tag-losangeleslakers","17":"tag-luka-doncic","18":"tag-nba","19":"tag-nba-all-star-game"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116085724147527129","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607945","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=607945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607945\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/607400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=607945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=607945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}