It wasn’t noticeable to most, if any, Lakers fans watching the game from home on Tuesday, but those in attendance caught a concerning couple of moments from Luka Dončić against the Warriors.
In the closing moments of the contest, Luka reached for the inside of his leg near his groin multiple times. Given similar injuries in recent years to LeBron James and Anthony Davis, Lakers fans are aware of how serious those can be.
Once he did arrive, though, he quickly stamped out any worries about an injury by quickly brushing away the question.
“It’s probably nothing,” Luka said. “Just felt a little bit when my hip went that way. Just felt a little bit. Probably nothing.”
It’s unclear when Luka would have suffered the injury as, again, it wasn’t even noticeable on the NBC feed that he was favoring his groin. He was also moving fine on both ends of the court down the stretch, so it wasn’t hampering him, either.
There would be a cruel irony to Luka getting in the best shape of his life, then suffering an injury in the first game. Fortunately, it looks like catastrophe was averted.