Austin Reaves injury update is devastating news for Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers received an unfortunate update on the status of the No. 2 scoring option
Austin Reaves injury update is devastating news for Lakers originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Friday couldn’t have gone any worse for the Los Angeles Lakers .
The 17-time NBA champions discovered that Luka Doncic, who exited the franchise’s Thursday night contest prematurely with a lower setback, is out indefinitely with a left hamstring injury. With the postseason right around the corner, Doncic’s injury certainly complicates the Lakers’ title chances this season. To make matters even worse , Los Angeles’ No.
2 scoring option, Austin Reaves, will also be sidelined for several games with an injury. “Los Angeles Lakers guard Austin Reaves has been diagnosed with a Grade 2 left oblique muscle injury and is out for the remainder of the regular season,” ESPN’s Shams Charania reported on X/Twitter Saturday. “Lakers' Austin Reaves is expected to miss four to six weeks with the Grade 2 oblique injury, sources tell ESPN.
Devastating run of injuries to L. A. 's two leading scorers.