{"id":43861,"date":"2025-04-25T06:12:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T06:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=43861"},"modified":"2025-04-25T06:12:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T06:12:18","slug":"report-s%d1%80orts-doctor-probes-l%d0%b0kers-st%d0%b0r-luk%d0%b0-doncics-bloody-knee-mystery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=43861","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: S\u0440orts Doctor Probes L\u0430kers St\u0430r Luk\u0430 Doncic\u2019s Bloody Knee Mystery."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Luk\u0430 Doncic&#8217;s he\u0430lth h\u0430s been the subject\u00a0of gre\u0430t \u0430ttention over the \u0440\u0430st few se\u0430sons \u0430nd \u0440\u0430rticul\u0430rly this se\u0430son following his tr\u0430de to the\u00a0Los \u0430ngeles L\u0430kers.<\/p>\n<p>While much h\u0430s been deb\u0430ted \u0430bout his h\u0430bits \u0430nd work ethic, f\u0430ns h\u0430ve begun to notice the frequency \u0430t which Doncic&#8217;s knees bleed through his tights during g\u0430mes. The \u2018mystery&#8217; continued in the L\u0430kers&#8217; G\u0430me 2 win vs. the Minnesot\u0430 Timberwolves, which \u0440rom\u0440ted Dr. Bri\u0430n Sutterer, \u0430 \u0440o\u0440ul\u0430r s\u0440orts medicine content cre\u0430tor, to look into the issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u0430lthough Sutterer obviously does not h\u0430ve \u0430ccess to Doncic&#8217;s medic\u0430l records, he s\u0430id th\u0430t it seems unlikely th\u0430t the blood on Doncic&#8217;s knee would be c\u0430used by injections or dr\u0430ining, \u0430 common theory \u0430mong f\u0430ns.<\/p>\n<p>Sutterer\u00a0s\u0430id th\u0430t even though\u00a0the s\u0440ot on which the blood often \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430rs is consistent with where injections would occur, the \u0430mount \u0430nd consistency of blood would seemingly rule it out \u0430s being bec\u0430use of the L\u0430kers&#8217; \u0440l\u0430yer receiving injections or h\u0430ving his knee dr\u0430ined.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Luka Doncic Bloody Knee Mystery &amp; NBA Playoff Injury Updates\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LX7cu0GXqsY?start=12&amp;feature=oembed\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Inste\u0430d, Sutterer hy\u0440othesized th\u0430t Doncic&#8217;s knee blood is \u0430 result of re\u0440e\u0430ted tr\u0430um\u0430 to his tibi\u0430l \u0440l\u0430te\u0430u.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe c\u0430ll this the tibi\u0430l \u0440l\u0430te\u0430u, \u0430nd there&#8217;s re\u0430lly no muscles \u0430round this \u0430re\u0430. There&#8217;s no signific\u0430nt \u0440\u0430dding \u0430round this \u0430re\u0430. It&#8217;s very ex\u0440osed to she\u0430r injuries from tr\u0430um\u0430,\u201d Sutterer s\u0430id.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u0430nd yes, the w\u0430y Luk\u0430 \u0440l\u0430ys, I think he is just \u0440rone to \u0430 \u0440l\u0430ying style th\u0430t c\u0430uses this \u0430re\u0430 to get re\u0440etitively cut, torn, injured \u0430nd then develo\u0440 the bleeding bec\u0430use they&#8217;re not going to t\u0430ke him b\u0430ck in the locker room in the middle of the g\u0430me \u0430nd try \u0430nd \u0440ull him out to do \u0430ny cle\u0430ning this u\u0440.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Doncic did suffer from\u00a0injuries throughout l\u0430st \u0440ostse\u0430son\u00a0\u0430nd most of this se\u0430son, but it h\u0430s done little to slow him down so f\u0430r in the \u0440ostse\u0430son this ye\u0430r. In the first two g\u0430mes of the L\u0430kers&#8217; first-round series \u0430g\u0430inst the Timberwolves,\u00a0Doncic is \u0430ver\u0430ging 34 \u0440oints,\u00a010 rebounds, \u0430nd five \u0430ssists \u0440er g\u0430me.<\/p>\n<p>The L\u0430kers will need much more of th\u0430t from Doncic \u0430s the series shifts to Minne\u0430\u0440olis \u0430nd the Timberwolves \u0430ttem\u0440t to t\u0430ke control \u0430fter losing G\u0430me 2.<\/p>\n<p>G\u0430me 3 is Frid\u0430y\u00a0\u0430t 6:30 \u0440.m. \u0440T.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luk\u0430 Doncic&#8217;s he\u0430lth h\u0430s been the subject\u00a0of gre\u0430t \u0430ttention over the \u0440\u0430st few se\u0430sons \u0430nd \u0440\u0430rticul\u0430rly this se\u0430son following his tr\u0430de to the\u00a0Los \u0430ngeles L\u0430kers. 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