Lakers handed one of heaviest defeats by Thunder and hit by Doncic injury

The Los Angeles Lakers are thumped 139-96 by Oklahoma City Thunder in heavy defeat, while Luka Doncic strains hamstring.Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 28 points, Luguentz Dort started ‌hot on both ends of the floor and Jalen Williams came up big all around as ⁠the Oklahoma City Thunder blew ⁠out the Los Angeles Lakers 139-96 at home.The Thunder have won four consecutive games and 16 of their last 17.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Iranian women footballers reveal ‘enormous pressure’ of the Asian Cup sagalist 2 of 4‘Take me to America’: Bosnian joy as the Dragons take off for the World Cuplist 3 of 4Yamal slams anti-Muslim fan chants as Spain’s World Cup final hopes taintedlist 4 of 4Barcelona thump Real Madrid 6-0 to reach women’s Champions League semifinalend of listNot only was the Lakers’ four-game winning streak ⁠snapped by Thursday’s defeat, but Luka Doncic suffered a strained left hamstring in the second half with the game already out of reach. Lakers coach JJ Redick said after the game that Doncic will undergo an MRI on Friday to determine ⁠the extent of the injury.An already bad night for Doncic got even worse early in the third quarter when he was dribbling into the lane and began to elevate for a mid-range jumper.But just as he came off the floor, Doncic came down, grabbing his left hamstring and quickly fell to the floor.Doncic appeared visibly upset ‌as he headed off the floor.The Thunder controlled the game from the jump, building a double-digit lead less than four minutes into the game. That lead never dipped below nine the rest of the way and didn’t drop below 23 after the first quarter.Oklahoma City led 82-51 at halftime.It was the third time this season the Thunder (61-16) led by 30 or more points at halftime.Two of those have come against the Lakers (50-27). The Thunder led Los Angeles 70-38 at halftime on November 12 in Oklahoma City.Dort and ⁠Williams made an impact on both ends quickly.Williams hit a pull-up jumper on ⁠Oklahoma City’s second possession and then quickly picked up a steal and fed Dort for a 3-pointer.