OKLAHOMA CITY — Luka Doncic said Wednesday he was given platelet-rich plasma injections in Spain as the Los Angeles Lakers guard tries to speed up his eight-week timeline for returning from the hamstring injury that has sidelined him since early April.
“I went to Spain to do PRP,” the NBA scoring champion for the recently completed regular season told reporters as the fourth-seeded Lakers prepare to face the top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 2 of their Western Conference semifinal series. “Everybody knows that it’s one of the best countries to do that. Obviously, you know, we talked with the Lakers doctors, so everybody agreed for me to go there.”
Each injection required four days of rest in between, resulting in an extended stay in Spain, said the 26-year-old Slovenia native.
“I know and trust lots of people in Spain that I used to work with before,” he said. “I needed four days in between every shot. I did it four times, so that’s why I stayed longer.”
The six-time NBA All-Star was injured during the third quarter of a regular-season loss to Oklahoma City on April 2. The Lakers beat the fifth-seeded Houston Rockets 4-2 in the first round of the playoffs, with 41-year-old forward LeBron James taking up much of the scoring slack.