The Los Angeles Lakers are expected to be fully healthy against their game against the Los Angeles Clippers on Feb. 20, the first game after the break <\/p>\n
As the Los Angeles Lakers return from the All-Star break, the team expects to be fully healthy, which hasn\u2019t been the case for most of the season. Guard Luka Don\u010di\u0107, Guard Austin Reaves and forward LeBron James have only played 10 games together this season.<\/p>\n
James missed the start of the season due to sciatica, but has played in most games since he returned Nov. 18, outside of three instances where he sat for the second game of a back-to-back. He is expected to play in the first game after the break.<\/p>\n
Don\u010di\u0107 \u2014 the NBA\u2019s leading scorer average 32.8 PPH and third-ranked in MVP rankings \u2014 has been out with a left hamstring strain since Feb. 5. Lakers Head Coach JJ Redick said he expects Don\u010di\u0107 to be available. Don\u010di\u0107 played for five minutes for Team World in the NBA All-Star game on Feb. 15.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was on minutes restriction,\u201d Don\u010di\u0107 said. \u201cIt was definitely good to get up and down a little bit [at practice] after having a week off.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reaves was out for five weeks from Dec. 25 through Feb. 3 with a calf injury. In the five games Reaves has played since being back, he\u2019s been on a minute restriction, but Redick said he will no longer be a restriction after the break. <\/p>\n
Up until Reaves injured his calf, he was the ninth-leading scorer in the NBA average 27.8 PPG.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s funny, we were talking before the season about building continuity with those three guys, and we\u2019ve had them available together for 10 games,\u201d Redick said. \u201cIt\u2019s just the situation we\u2019re in. We\u2019re not the only team that has had a bunch of health issues throughout the season and had to manage that, but my message to the players this morning was that this is going to be a sprint for these last 28 games.\u201d<\/p>\n
JJ Redick: “\u2026it was good to have Luka and AR practice as well.”<\/p>\n
*Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves to JJ’s left*: pic.twitter.com\/lmqxdB9t4H<\/a><\/p>\n