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What happened to Austin Reaves? Why Lakers star injury has season-defining news after Luka update

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Los Angeles is going from bad to worse.

What happened to Austin Reaves? Why Lakers star injury has season-defining news after Luka update originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here .

The Los Angeles Lakers had only just learned that Luka Doncic was out for the rest of the regular season. Add Austin Reaves to the list. The news came out on Saturday that the star guard will miss the remainder of the regular season.

It came a bit out of nowhere, and it's not at all idea for the Lakers. What happened to Austin Reaves? Reaves was diagnosed with a Grade 2 left oblique muscle injury.

When the Lakers made that announcement, they made clear that Reaves will miss the rest of the regular season. He had an MRI on Saturday that determined the diagnosis. Reaves got hurt during the Lakers' 43-point loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder .