When asked whether he intends to try to play when the series shifts to Los Angeles for Games 3-4, Doncic was noncommittal.

“I’m just doing everything I can,” said Doncic, adding that he has started running but has not done any contact drills. “Every day, I’m doing stuff I’m supposed to do. Obviously recovery, now I’m working. … Just going day by day, and I feel better every day.”

Lakers coach JJ Redick was asked about how the team is balancing Doncic’s urge to return, while also protecting their star from worsening his injury if he came back too soon.

“It’s very simple,” Redick said Wednesday after Doncic spoke. “It’s when he’s ready to play, he should play. That comes with the athlete having confidence. It’s no different from Austin [Reaves].”

Reaves missed four weeks with a Grade 2 left oblique strain before returning in Game 5 of the Rockets series.

Doncic said he dealt with a strain to the same hamstring earlier in the season that caused him to miss four games and play only sparingly in the NBA All-Star Game. This strain is more severe, however, and has caused him to proceed with caution.

“It’s a tough one for me because I came back from injuries before too soon, and it wasn’t the best result,” Doncic said. “You have to be very careful, and I’m doing everything to come back. All the recovery, the [hyperbaric] chamber, cold tub, everything I can to come back, but it’s obviously very different than other injuries I had.”

Immediately following the injury, in an effort to expedite his return, Doncic traveled to Spain for additional treatment. He revealed Wednesday that he underwent platelet-rich plasma therapy (PRP) while overseas.

“I went to Spain to do PRP,” Doncic said. “Everybody knows that Spain, they’re just one of the best countries to do that. And obviously, I talked with the Lakers’ doctors, so everybody agreed for me to go there.”

Doncic said he received four PRP injections in Spain and needed to space each shot with four days in between.

“So that’s why I stayed longer,” he said.

Source: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/48695018/lakers-luka-doncic-unsure-return-injury