DENVER — The already depleted Lakers will be without Luka Doncic for tonight’s road-trip closing matchup against the Denver Nuggets, which is the second night of a back-to-back set after Thursday’s blowout loss to the Milwaukee Bucks.
Doncic was ruled out on the team’s Friday afternoon injury report because of left calf injury management and a sprained right ankle.
The 26-year-old Slovenian star was sidelined for 6 ½ weeks from Dec. 25 to Feb. 10 because of a strained left calf.
Doncic was coming off a 45-point, 11-rebound performance against the Bucks, his highest-scoring game with the Lakers.
Dorian Finney-Smith (left ankle injury management) and Gabe Vincent (left knee injury management) are also listed as doubtful for Friday. Two-way big man Trey Jemison (illness) is questionable.
The Lakers were already without their starting frontcourt in LeBron James (strained left groin), Jaxson Hayes (bruised right knee) and Rui Hachimura (left patellar tendinopathy).
That trio, along with Maxi Kleber (recovery from right foot surgery), who hasn’t played for the Lakers, flew back to Southern California before the team traveled to Milwaukee.
The Lakers who weren’t on the injury report are Austin Reaves, Dalton Knecht, Jarred Vanderbilt, Alex Len, Cam Reddish, Shake Milton, Markieff Morris, Bronny James, Jordan Goodwin (two-way contract player) and Christian Koloko (two-way contract player).
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