Overview
- Doncic, speaking Wednesday in Oklahoma City, said he traveled to Madrid for four platelet-rich plasma injections made from his own blood with Lakers doctors’ approval.
- He said doctors set an eight-week timetable after his April 3 MRI, and he has only been cleared to run so far.
- He has not started 1-on-1 or other contact work, which leaves his availability for the Western Conference semifinals against the Thunder in serious doubt.
- Each shot required four days of rest, which kept him in Spain longer and slowed a return to on-court drills.
- He called the layoff “very frustrating” as the Lakers continue the postseason without him, having beaten Houston in Round 1 and dropped Game 1 to Oklahoma City 108-90.