The Los Angeles Lakers visit in the Detroit Pistons on Sunday, and star guard Luka Doncic was officially listed as questionable on the team’s injury report. Doncic is managing a back issue, and is coming off a game in which he dropped 53 points to lead the Lakers over the Portland Trail Blazers. Here is everything we know about Luka Doncic’s injury and his playing status against the Pistons.
Luka Doncic’s injury status vs. Pistons
Given that Luka Doncic is on the Lakers’ injury report as questionable, a concrete update on his playing status likely will not be made available until right before tip-off. He is listed with low back tightness, the same reason he missed the team’s win against the LA Clippers back on Oct. 28. With that game, it was only a precaution as it was the second night of a back-to-back.
The Pistons game is the front end of a back-to-back with the Lakers visiting the Atlanta Hawks on Monday. It’s likely that Doncic sits out one of those two games as the team begins a four-game road trip.
Doncic has gotten off to a blistering start to the season, leading the league in scoring at 40.1 points. He’s also averaging 7.8 rebounds, 7.7 assists and 1.7 steals with splits of 49.8 percent shooting from the field, 41.9 percent shooting from the 3-point line and 87.3 percent shooting from the free-throw line.
When it comes to the question of is Luka Doncic playing tonight, the answer is wait until game time.
Lakers injury report
Article Continues Below-Luka Doncic questionable (low back tightness)
-Walker Kessler available (left finger splint)
Pistons injury report
-Jalen Duren out (right hamstring strain)
-Elijah Harkless questionable (G League two-way)
-Isaiah Joe out (right hip contusion)
-Isaac Jones questionable (G League two-way)
-Ugonna Onyenso out (G League two-way)