Why Luka Doncic isn't playing tonight for Lakers vs. Thunder with injury news

The Los Angeles Lakers continue to navigate their round two playoff series with the Oklahoma City Thunder while shorthanded.

Luka Doncic still isn't playing.

And as much as the Lakers want to upset the top-seeded Thunder, that'll be really hard to do without Doncic.

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Why isn't Luka Doncic playing tonight?

Doncic remains out due to injury as the Lakers-Thunder series moves into Game 2.

He continues to recover from a Grade 2 hamstring strain that has kept Doncic out for about a month.

The Lakers advanced past the Houston Rockets in the first round without Doncic on the floor. But they got handled comfortable in Game 1 by OKC without Doncic.

When is Luka Doncic coming back?

Doncic has been called "week-to-week" by ESPN's Shams Charania.

That implies he could return in this postseason, but also that it doesn't seem to be immediate.

"He's doing more and more on the court," Charania said on Inside The NBA before this series began. "But right now, still not full-fledged running or full-contact workouts."

Recent Doncic comments have made it seem like he probably won't make it back for this series at all.

It's hard to see the Lakers getting another series out of this postseason without Doncic available against the Thunder.

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