Austin Reaves apparently had an unusual mishap with this MRI this week.
The Los Angeles Lakers star Reaves played through a rib/oblique issue during Thursday’s blowout loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, Okla. After the game, the Lakers flew to Texas for a game on Sunday against the Dallas Mavericks.
Reaves proceeded to undergo an MRI in Dallas, but Lakers head coach JJ Redick revealed on Saturday that the MRI was botched. The imaging center apparently scanned the wrong area, resulting in Reaves having to undergo a second MRI.
“The second [MRI] was today,” said Redick, per Khobi Price of The California Post. “Again, I don’t know where the chain of command lies with Dallas imaging. But, uh, they scanned the wrong area. Not on our end. We made it explicit what was supposed to be scanned. But they scanned the wrong area.”
While the results of Reaves’ second MRI were not immediately available, the Lakers will be certainly be high-strung over his health. Reaves ranks second on the team this season with 23.3 points per game and will be especially important now with leading scorer Luka Doncic out for the foreseeable future.
It has been a difficult last couple of days for Reaves in other regards as well. Viral video surfaced earlier in the week of Reaves trading F-bombs with a heckler during a game.
