{"id":698506,"date":"2026-04-04T21:53:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T21:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/698506\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T21:53:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T21:53:16","slug":"austin-reaves-injury-update-is-devastating-news-for-lakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/698506\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Reaves injury update is devastating news for Lakers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Austin Reaves injury update is devastating news for Lakers<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Friday couldn\u2019t have gone any worse for the Los Angeles Lakers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The 17-time NBA champions discovered that Luka Doncic, who exited the franchise\u2019s Thursday night contest prematurely with a lower setback, is out indefinitely with a left hamstring injury.<\/p>\n

With the postseason right around the corner, Doncic\u2019s injury certainly complicates the Lakers\u2019 title chances this season. To make matters even worse<\/a>, Los Angeles\u2019 No. 2 scoring option, Austin Reaves, will also be sidelined for several games with an injury.<\/p>\n

\u201cLos Angeles Lakers guard Austin Reaves has been diagnosed with a Grade 2 left oblique muscle injury and is out for the remainder of the regular season,\u201d ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania reported on X\/Twitter Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cLakers’ 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

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While Charania didn\u2019t state that Doncic and Reaves are out for the rest of the season, there\u2019s a good chance the franchise will have to begin the postseason without their dynamic backcourt duo.<\/p>\n

Of course, matchups are everything when it comes to playoff basketball, but it\u2019s difficult to envision the Lakers making a deep run with Doncic and Reaves in the fold. Needless to say, the Lakers are in a rough spot to start the new month.<\/p>\n

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