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MILWAUKEE — Luka Dončić hurt his right ankle on the last basket he scored Wednesday night, and after the Los Angeles Lakers finished off a 123-112 win over the Milwaukee Bucks, he said he expects to be fine.
Dončić came out with 4:25 left and did not return. He spoke afterward in his postgame availability, which Khobi Price of The California Post shared on video.
“I’m good,” Dončić said. “You know, obviously, it’s painful a little bit, but I’ll be fine.”
Whether he will be available Sunday, when Los Angeles plays the Phoenix Suns, has not been established.
Luka Dončić Hurt Ankle On Late And-One
Dončić started the fourth quarter on the bench. He went back in at 6:51 with the Lakers up 102-82, replacing Collin Sexton, and Lakers coach JJ Redick said after the Lakers’ seventh straight win that Sexton needed sutures near his temple and that Dončić would not have returned had Sexton not been hurt.
He scored 6 points in the 2:26 that followed. First came a 28-foot 3-pointer with 4:54 to go. On the next Lakers possession, Dončić hit a 23-foot step-back jumper as Kyle Kuzma fouled him, a basket the official play-by-play lists as a 2-pointer, and he made the free throw for a 114-90 lead, the largest Los Angeles held all night. He was subbed out right after, and Milwaukee outscored Los Angeles 22-9 the rest of the way.
That left Dončić with 32 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists in 32 minutes, on 10-of-25 shooting from the field, 5-of-12 from 3-point range, and 7-of-10 at the line. Sixteen of the points came in the first quarter.
Austin Reaves Left With Heel Injury In Third Quarter
Three Lakers guards left the floor hurt in the second half, and Austin Reaves was the first of them. He went out with a left heel injury at a timeout with 5:20 left in the third quarter and did not play again.
Reaves had 18 points on 6-of-10 shooting before that, along with 5 assists and 3 steals in 25 minutes. Fifteen of those points came before halftime. After the game, Redick said X-rays on the heel were negative and that Reaves would have imaging Thursday.
At 11-2, the Lakers left Milwaukee with a 3-0 road trip behind them. They visit Phoenix on Sunday at 3 p.m. CT at Mortgage Matchup Center.
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