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The Dallas Mavericks<\/a> disputed Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> coach JJ Redick’s claim that their medical team examined the wrong part of Austin Reaves<\/a>‘ body when the Lakers guard received an MRI by the Mavs’ staff over the weekend.<\/p>\n

“Our medical team followed standard imaging protocols based on the information provided at the time,” the Mavericks said in a statement first issued to DLLS Sports on Tuesday and later provided to ESPN. “There was no error in the scan performed.”<\/p>\n

Redick, following the Lakers’ practice on Southern Methodist University’s campus Saturday in Dallas, said Reaves required two MRIs to diagnose a Grade 2 left oblique strain and faulted the Mavs for their execution of the initial scan.<\/p>\n

“I don’t know where the chain of command lies with Dallas imaging, but they scanned the wrong area,” Redick said. “So [the mistake was] not on our end. We made it explicit what was supposed to be scanned, but they scanned the wrong area.”<\/p>\n

A Lakers spokesperson declined to comment Tuesday when asked by ESPN about the chain of events surrounding the MRI.<\/p>\n

Reaves suffered the injury in the first half of the Lakers’ 139-96 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> on Thursday and returned to the game, finishing with a team-high 15 points in 27 minutes.<\/p>\n

While the Lakers announced no timetable for Reaves’ return other than ruling the fifth-year veteran out for the remainder of the regular season, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania that Reaves is expected to miss four to six weeks.<\/p>\n

L.A. (50-28) is currently No. 4 in the Western Conference with four games remaining. They trail the No. 3 Denver Nuggets<\/a> by a half game, but hold the tiebreaker over Denver by winning the season series.<\/p>\n

The Lakers host the Thunder on Tuesday, then play a back-to-back on Thursday on the road against Golden State Warriors<\/a> and Friday at home against the Phoenix Suns<\/a> before closing out the regular season schedule at home against the Utah Jazz<\/a> on Sunday.br\/]<\/p>\n

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