Now that Luka Doncic will likely be out indefinitely and, on the very least, will miss the remainder of the common season with a Grade 2 left hamstring strain, some Los Angeles Lakers followers are blaming coach JJ Redick for the damage.
Doncic initially appeared to tweak the identical left hamstring early in Thursday’s recreation versus the Oklahoma City Thunder, however he remained within the recreation, though the Lakers had been down massive all through. They ended up dropping, 139-96, and followers are saying that he should not have stored playing, given how lopsided the sport was.
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Los Angeles was down 44-21 on the finish of the primary quarter and 82-51 at halftime. Doncic exited the sport within the third quarter with the result not precisely unsure.
Redick defined and defended his determination to maintain Doncic on the courtroom.
“We checked him out,” Redick mentioned. “He got work done, but he was cleared. We’re not gonna put a player at risk. Those things happen.”
“… It was discussed at halftime,” Redick continued when requested about presumably sitting Doncic. “Thought we’d give those guys about six minutes and if we didn’t cut into the lead, we were gonna pull them. Obviously, it was around that time, I don’t remember the exact time, [the injury] happened.”
The Lakers are combating to carry on to the third spot within the Western Conference, which might enable them to keep away from the Oklahoma City Thunder within the second spherical of the playoffs ought to they get there and the Thunder declare the highest seed. They have a 50-27 file and are one recreation forward of the fourth-place Denver Nuggets with 5 regular-season contests to go.
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