Brian Windhorst on Luka He is not close There is a whole ramp up thats required when you are coming back from a hamstring He has not started that contact ramp up yet

NBA Today The sense around the Lakers is that Austin Reaves is actually the one that's further along than Luka Doncic in their respective rehab processes I am told Austin Reaves has started 1 on 1 on court work The Lakers are not expecting Luka Doncic to be back in this series

Windhorst Im a big actions-over-words guy When Luka got hurt they sent Luka went to Spain for treatment I've heard of going to Germany I've never heard of going to Spain Luka also has a newborn in Slovenia he lives in Madrid in the offseason

Luka Doncic Im just doing everything I can The doctor said 8 weeks at the beginning of the first MRI so Im just going day-by-day and I feel better every day

Luka Doncic struggles to see the game as he gets repeatedly blocked by Bronny James

Windhorst When he LeBron first came back Dan with that sciatica thing he looked terrible I had a meeting with my ESPN bosses and I go We may need our content planning for him retiring because he looks for the first time like an old man who cant compete

Charania Los Angeles Lakers superstar Luka Doni is expected to miss the series against the Houston Rockets Austin Reaves has begun 1-on-1 on-court work but remains out indefinitely