Lakers’ Luka Doncic, Thunder’s Jalen Williams out for Recreation 1

Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic holds a ball throughout a timeout within the first half of Recreation 6 of a first-round NBA playoffs basketball sequence towards the Houston Rockets in Houston, Friday, Could 1, 2026. (AP Picture/Ashley Landis)

OKLAHOMA CITY — Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic and Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder swingman Jalen Williams have been dominated out of Recreation 1 of the Western Convention semifinals on Tuesday evening with left hamstring accidents.

The groups notified the league on the harm stories they turned in on Monday.

Doncic was injured in Oklahoma Metropolis a couple of month in the past and hasn’t performed since. The league scoring champion averaged 33.5 factors, 7.7 rebounds and eight.3 assists within the common season.

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Lakers coach JJ Redick hadn’t stated if or when Doncic may return from an harm that generally requires two months of restoration. Doncic shot 3-pointers together with his teammates Monday whereas they wrapped up a exercise earlier than their flight to Oklahoma Metropolis.

Williams, a 2025 All-Star, missed the final two video games of the first-round sequence towards Phoenix with a left hamstring harm. Thunder coach Mark Daigneault didn’t declare him prepared for a return, saying Monday solely that Williams is progressing.

Williams averaged 17.1 factors, 4.6 rebounds and 5.5 assists in an injury-plagued common season. He averaged 20.5 factors on 61.5% capturing from the sector via Oklahoma Metropolis’s first two playoff video games earlier than the harm through the third quarter of Recreation 2. Ajay Mitchell entered the beginning lineup and helped the Thunder sweep the sequence.