Lakers reveal injury report for Game 1 versus Rockets
Other than Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves, will anyone be unable to play for the Lakers in their playoff opener versus the Rockets?
Six days after they ended their regular-season schedule with a 131-107 win over the Utah Jazz, the Los Angeles Lakers will begin their best-of-seven first-round playoff series against the Houston Rockets on Saturday. Game 1 of that series will start at 5:30 p. m.
Pacific time and will take place at Crypto. com Arena. The Lakers are obviously underdogs with Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves still out due to hamstring and oblique strains, respectively, and no firm timeline for either's return.
But everyone else is expected to be available for them, even though LeBron James admitted this week he's been fighting off an illness, per The Athletic . Lakers injury report for Game 1 pic. twitter.
com/tOkYN3ArdX — Trevor Lane (@TrevorLane) April 18, 2026 For the Rockets, there has been a bit of a surprise development. Kevin Durant is listed as questionable due to a knee contusion, although it seems the Hall of Famer is fully expected to play on Saturday. They will continue to be without big man Steven Adams and point guard Fred VanVleet.