Austin Reaves will not be seeing action for several weeks.
The Los Angeles Lakers guard has been diagnosed with an oblique injury and is expected to miss not only the rest of the regular season but also games in the playoffs, according to Shams Charania of ESPN.
“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. Reaves and Luka Doncic are expected to be sidelined to begin the NBA playoffs,” Charania wrote in a post on X.
This is more bad news for Los Angeles, which is still reeling from the injury suffered by their most important player, Luka Doncic.
The Slovenian superstar suffered a Grade 2 left hamstring strain during Thursday’s loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder and was declared out for the remainder of the regular season. His status for the playoffs is unknown, but for now, the Lakers will have to operate without two members of their key triumvirate, which also includes LeBron James.
Reaves sustained his injury in the same Thunder game, though he was able to finish the contest, scoring 15 points on 5/9 shooting. He also concludes his fifth NBA season with averages of 23.3 points on 49% shooting, 5.5 assists and 4.7 rebounds through 51 games.
The Lakers, who have already secured a spot in the 2026 NBA Playoffs, are scheduled to play five more regular-season games, including Sunday’s matchup against the Dallas Mavericks at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
