He is Shocking Everyone...

He is shocking everyone and no one

thought this was possible as we got a

major update on the injury status of our

superstar which could change for the

better and evidently help this team

reach their ultimate goal especially

when they need him the most as the

Lakers try to find some optimism in

order to save this season.

What's good? I'm Okechi Apakama and this

is Lakers Digest coming to another video

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going to dive straight into our main

story because the Lakers did have a game

tonight, but there was some huge news

that dropped after the game as Luka is

trying to make a comeback and he's

trying to make this sooner rather than

later as we've got a huge Shams bomb at

the end of the game there. This is what

Shams tweeted out about Luka Dončić and

what him and his

um agent said as after consulting with

the Laker doctors and his own medical

team, Luka Dončić will seek specialized

medical treatment in Europe on his grade

two left hamstring in attempt to

expedite his return to play agent Bill

Duffy of WME basketball tells me and

McMenamin. And this is a huge shift in

things especially if it does work out in

the Lakers favor and this procedure

which there wasn't really too much about

it said about it. It was just a

procedure done in Europe and if you know

things about special procedures in

Europe, those German doctors we know

here with LeBron a couple years ago with

Dennis Schröder said, but

there wasn't too much information about

what was being done to sort of help

expedite this, but this is great news

for Los Angeles Lakers because they need

all the help that they can get as they

did play a game against the Dallas

Mavericks today, but they did not look

the same obviously when you don't have

your top two leading scorers. And Luka

Dončić also knows that because he wasn't

on the bench there for the Los Angeles

Lakers in Dallas and Dallas is a a

second home to him, so it was very

strange of him not to be there, but it

totally makes sense why he wasn't there

because of what happened of him having

this procedure done and hopefully this

can sort of fast track things and not

take the the usual like three to like

six weeks it takes to come back from

this type of injury and hopefully can

come back like is it sooner rather than

later because the Lakers can definitely

use every bit of energy from him because

the Lakers they played a game to against

the the Dallas Mavericks and they lost

this one to 134 to 128 and ended being a

lot closer than we expected, but they

just obviously did not have the main

juices to really get over the top of

this team here and really this is what

that looked like for the Los Angeles

Lakers as LeBron James led the way of

course with 30 points, 15 assists and

nine rebounds just one rebound short of

a triple double, but you know who did

have a triple double unexpected and

surprisingly

Luke Kennard with 15 points, 16

rebounds. Yes, that is a career high for

him and also 11 assists and only had two

three turnovers as the lead ball handler

for Los Angeles Lakers played pretty

well there in those minutes played 41

minutes actually is a lot a ton of

minutes for him and then also they had

some nice contributions from Rui

Hachimura who was just automatic from

the mid-range and also was hitting his

three point shots. 21 points and seven

rebounds. Jake LaRavia was getting into

the scoring department really getting

fouled a lot getting to the free throw

line at 14 points there and then off the

bench there Jackson Hayes continues to

put with his great play at 23

points was really being a force down

here for the Lakers where the Lakers

kind of need any type of downhill force

because when you don't have Luka Dončić

or Austin Reaves, you really are void of

downhill presence and the Mavericks

played a really solid game on their hand

as

Cooper Flag continues his great scoring

of late at 45 points in that one. No one

could really guard him there on the Los

Angeles Lakers and then they had some

nice contributions from PJ Washington

with 15.

Naji Marshall had 13 points and then off

the bench there they had 13 from Brandon

Williams and then 11 points from Klay

Thompson there. So the Mavericks did

play a very nice game, but you saw if

you were watching this game

like me unfortunately, the Lakers did

not have the tools they needed and to

get a guy like Luka Dončić back is huge

and it's not like this Laker team has

fully given up as as fans we might think

another way of thinking and obviously

the reporters and everybody around the

Lakers might think it's over, but the

Lakers don't. And this is coming from JJ

Redick. JJ Redick still believes in this

team. And this is a very huge

development as JJ Redick

we didn't hear too much about him after

he we talked a little bit after the Luka

Dončić injury, but

we didn't get him talking after the

Austin injury and then he said a little

bit of before the game here as this is

what he said as both those guys are

trying to come back. So it's our job to

extend the season so they can come back.

JJ Redick on the injuries for Luka

Dončić and Austin Reaves and that is a

huge

statement there from JJ Redick because

he's still claiming that this team is

going to try to do whatever it takes to

lengthen the season so they can get back

to a point where they can get both of

those guys back because those two guys

are definitely going to try to attack

rehab really trying to get back as

quickly as possible because they

probably don't think the season is over

like we all do or we're all in all in

the presence of mind of thinking that it

is. And yes, the Lakers did lose today

and yes, it wasn't a good loss either

because the Nuggets won their previous

game. So now it's even closer there

in the standings with the Los Angeles

Lakers. So they now have the same record

as the Denver Nuggets. They still hold

the tiebreaker, so that's why they're

ahead of the Nuggets here, but if they

falter here or lose more games than the

Nuggets here in the last couple of

games, then the Nuggets will overtake

them as the Nuggets have a pretty easy

schedule to

end of the season. But also Minnesota

lost today, so that is I guess good news

for the Lakers as the Lakers cannot fall

all the way down to sixth. They can now

still be in that range from three to

four here in this end of season and it's

going to matter here who they play

because out of all those teams I think

one really makes the most sense for the

Lakers to kind of play and

that is the Houston Rockets. They're the

team that's

mostly not really put together as the

other two teams as the Nuggets are

really starting to play well

of late and then the

Minnesota Timberwolves can always turn

it on as the Lakers witnessed that last

season. So

it's really nice to to know that JJ

Redick still believes in this team and

this team is still trying in places to

get to that point and they did in this

game a little bit. It wasn't a total

blowout. They were down by 22 points at

one point, but then LeBron James put his

foot on the gas and really started to

bring the Lakers back into the game and

he was a big reason why the Lakers were

staying around in that game. Also same

with Luke Kennard who had a just a