{"id":691518,"date":"2026-04-01T08:40:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T08:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/691518\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T08:40:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T08:40:34","slug":"final-injury-report-for-cavaliers-lakers-will-luka-doncic-lebron-james-play-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/691518\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Injury Report for Cavaliers-Lakers: Will Luka Doncic, LeBron James Play?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> are at home on Tuesday night as they host the Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> in an interconference showdown.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles enters Tuesday\u2019s game with a 49-26 record after defeating the Washington Wizards<\/a> at home on Monday night.<\/p>\n

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Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (23)Marc Lebryk-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

(Marc Lebryk-Imagn Images)<\/p>\n

In Monday\u2019s victory over the Wizards, LeBron James<\/a> led the way for the Lakers as he recorded a triple-double with 21 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists while Austin Reaves added 19 points, three rebounds and nine assists of his own.<\/p>\n

Now Los Angeles will try to grab another victory on Tuesday as they face off against the Cavaliers in a tough home matchup.<\/p>\n

On the other side, Cleveland enters Tuesday\u2019s contest with a 47-28 record after defeating the Utah Jazz<\/a> on the road on Monday night.<\/p>\n

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Cleveland Cavaliers center Evan Mobley (4)Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

(Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images)<\/p>\n

Evan Mobley led the way for the Cavaliers in Monday\u2019s victory as he ended the game with 34 points, 17 rebounds and three assists while Donovan Mitchell<\/a> recorded 34 points and five assists.<\/p>\n

While both teams are looking to pick up a victory in Tuesday night\u2019s matchup, both squads may be without multiple key players due to injuries.<\/p>\n

Cavaliers Injury Report: Will Jarrett Allen, Max Strus Play?<\/p>\n

For the Cavaliers, they have three players listed on their injury report, though both Jarrett Allen and Max Strus are not among them.<\/p>\n

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Cleveland Cavaliers center Jarrett Allen (31)David Richard-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

(David Richard-Imagn Images)<\/p>\n

Of course, both Allen and Strus missed Monday’s victory due to injury management but they are off the injury report and will return on the second night of Cleveland’s back-to-back.<\/p>\n

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Cleveland Cavaliers guard Max Strus (1)David Richard-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n

(David Richard-USA TODAY Sports)<\/p>\n

Cleveland has ruled out Sam Merril due to left hamstring injury management as they will elect to sit him in the second game of their back-to-back.<\/p>\n

The Cavaliers have also ruled out Jaylon Tyson due to a left great toe bruise while Dean Wade is out with a right ankle sprain.<\/p>\n

Lakers Injury Report: Will Luka Doncic, LeBron James Play?<\/p>\n

On the other side, the Lakers have two players listed on their injury report, though Luka Doncic<\/a> is not one of them.<\/p>\n

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Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka DoncicMarc Lebryk-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

(Marc Lebryk-Imagn Images)<\/p>\n

Of course, Doncic missed Monday’s victory as he served a one-game suspension after picking up his 16th technical foul of the season but he is off the injury report and will return against the Cavaliers.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles has listed James as questionable due to left foot injury management and they may elect to sit him on the second night of their back-to-back.<\/p>\n

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Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (23)Thomas Shea-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

(Thomas Shea-Imagn Images)<\/p>\n

If James is sidelined, the Lakers will likely rely on Doncic and Reaves to carry the load offensively while Rui Hachimura<\/a> and Jake LaRavia could both be in line for increased roles.<\/p>\n

The Lakers have ruled out Marcus Smart as he will miss his fifth consecutive contest due to a right ankle contusion.<\/p>\n

Fans can catch Tuesday night\u2019s matchup between the Cavaliers and Lakers from Los Angeles at 10:30 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Mar 31, 2026, where it first appeared in the NBA<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Lakers are at home on Tuesday night as they host the Cleveland Cavaliers in an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":691072,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3780],"tags":[1013,7,193,5759,864,576,11606,4077,1178,2286,185,251,150,368,326,872,6,1012,1166,427,682,468,3892,683],"class_list":{"0":"post-691518","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-washington-wizards","8":"tag-austin-reaves","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-cleveland-cavaliers","11":"tag-dean-wade","12":"tag-donovan-mitchell","13":"tag-evan-mobley","14":"tag-injury-report","15":"tag-jake-laravia","16":"tag-jarrett-allen","17":"tag-jaylon-tyson","18":"tag-lebron-james","19":"tag-los-angeles","20":"tag-los-angeles-lakers","21":"tag-luka-doncic","22":"tag-marcus-smart","23":"tag-max-strus","24":"tag-nba","25":"tag-rui-hachimura","26":"tag-sam-merrill","27":"tag-utah-jazz","28":"tag-washington","29":"tag-washington-wizards","30":"tag-washingtonwizards","31":"tag-wizards"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116328558166733699","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691518","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=691518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/691072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=691518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=691518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=691518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}