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Austin Reaves Is Out for the Rest of the Lakers' Regular Season with Oblique Muscle Injury
- On Saturday, the Los Angeles Lakers announced that guard Austin Reaves has been diagnosed with a Grade 2 left oblique muscle injury, ruling him out for the remainder of the regular season.
- Reaves sustained the injury during the first half of Thursday's 139-96 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder, though he returned and finished with 15 points in 27 minutes.
- Star guard Luka Doncic is also out for the regular season with a Grade 2 left hamstring strain, an injury he suffered during the same game against the Thunder.
- Lakers coach JJ Redick stated the team's mission remains unchanged and plans to expand the rotation to possibly 11 players, calling for an 'all hands on deck' approach.
- Complicating matters, Redick noted Reaves required two MRI exams after the facility initially scanned the wrong body area; LeBron James emphasized the team must adopt a 'next-man-up' mentality.
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Lakers Growing Injury Troubles Threaten South Bay’s Championship Push
The Los Angeles Lakers’ injury concerns continue to grow, with Austin Reaves now ruled out for the remainder of the regular season.Reaves has been diagnosed with a Grade 2 left oblique injury, with ESPN’s Shams Charania reporting a recovery timeline of four to six weeks.He joins Luka Doncic on the sidelines, after the Slovenian was previously ruled out “indefinitely” with a left hamstring injury.The absence of both stars places the Lakers’ seaso…
The 17-time NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers have suffered another major blow. First, they were without Slovenian star Luka Dončić due to a strained left hamstring injury, who will miss the final five games of the regular season. Austin Reaves will also miss the rest of the regular season due to a muscle injury, AFP reports.
Lakers' Austin Reaves to miss rest of regular season, could miss start of NBA playoffs
The Lakers will likely be without their top-two scorers to start the NBA playoffs. Austin Reaves has been diagnosed with an oblique injury that will leave him sidelined for four to six weeks, ESPN NBA insider Shams Charania wrote on social media Saturday. Reaves hurt his left oblique during the Lakers' 139-96 loss to the [...]
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