There appears to be some light at the end of the tunnel for the Los Angeles Lakers amid their current injury crisis. On Friday, despite a valiant effort from an extremely shorthanded lineup, the Lakers suffered a respectable 131-126 defeat at the hands of Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets.

On Friday night, the Los Angeles Lakers will be in Denver to play the Nuggets. However, they will be without one of their best players, as Luka Doncic has been ruled out. Via ESPN's Dave McMenamin: "Luka Doncic is out tonight in Denver" Many people reacted to the news on social media.

The Lakers were already without LeBron James, Rui Hachimura and Jaxson Hayes, who all left their four-game trip early to undergo treatment back in Los Angeles