{"id":565527,"date":"2026-01-28T04:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T04:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/565527\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T04:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T04:30:11","slug":"lakers-release-injury-report-for-wednesdays-game-versus-cavaliers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/565527\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers release injury report for Wednesday&#8217;s game versus Cavaliers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jan. 27, 2026, 7:16 p.m. PT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">After losing five out of six games and nine out of 12, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/los-angeles-lakers\/13\/\" data-autotag=\"4d34a300-3059-4ec4-a4d3-4d636ac95816\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> have now won four of their last five contests and are 3-1 on their eight-game Grammy road trip. There is a chance that this momentum is real and that they are starting to turn things around.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">They will face a test on Wednesday when they take on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/cleveland-cavaliers\/5\/\" data-autotag=\"90b53492-af62-4517-8ec8-642f11795510\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a>, who have a 28-20 record. While the Cavaliers haven&#8217;t been playing as well as many expected them to when this season began, they&#8217;re a very potent offensive team, and Donovan Mitchell, their main star, is having his best season yet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">There was some hope that Austin Reaves, who has been out for about a month due to a gastrocnemius strain, would be able to return for Wednesday&#8217;s game. But he will be out once again, along with rookie forward Adou Thiero.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Coach JJ Redick <a href=\"http:\/\/lebronwire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/2026\/01\/20\/jj-redick-on-when-austin-reaves-will-return-for-the-lakers\/88275188007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said last week<\/a> that Reaves would be activated at some point during this road trip, which will end next Tuesday, Feb. 3, against the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/brooklyn-nets\/17\/\" data-autotag=\"02f2623f-cb52-4847-8284-ff461d726c25\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Brooklyn Nets<\/a>. 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