{"id":883913,"date":"2026-11-14T05:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T05:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/883913\/"},"modified":"2026-11-14T05:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T05:10:09","slug":"lakers-announce-update-on-austin-reaves-after-concerning-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/883913\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers announce update on Austin Reaves after concerning injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/tag\/los-angeles-lakers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> have received an encouraging update on one of their most important players following an injury scare against the Milwaukee Bucks. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/tag\/austin-reaves\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Austin Reaves<\/a> exited Wednesday\u2019s game after appearing to hurt his left heel during a third-quarter dunk attempt, leaving the team\u2019s medical staff to evaluate the extent of the problem.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The guard did not return, although Los Angeles managed to secure a 123-112 victory in Milwaukee. Initial X-rays came back negative, but head coach JJ Redick had indicated that further testing would be necessary before the team could determine the severity of the injury. Friday\u2019s update has provided a clearer picture of his condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph tbl-more\">MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/barkley-bird-reaves-comparison-comments-pistons\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Did anyone actually compare Austin Reaves to Larry Bird?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lakers provide Austin Reaves injury update after heel scare<\/p>\n<p><img data-od-added-loading=\"\" data-od-removed-fetchpriority=\"high\" data-od-replaced- data-od-xpath=\"\/HTML\/BODY\/DIV[@class='elementor elementor-68004 elementor-location-single post-295006 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-nba tag-austin-reaves tag-jj-redick tag-los-angeles-lakers tag-nba mv-content-wrapper']\/*[3][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[5][self::FIGURE]\/*[1][self::PICTURE]\/*[2][self::IMG]\" loading=\"lazy\" data-wp-picture-wrapped=\"\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/BASKETBALL-NBA-OKC-LAL-1.jpg\" alt=\"NBA: Los Angeles Lakers at Oklahoma City Thunder\" class=\"wp-image-295019\" \/>Los Angeles Lakers guard Austin Reaves Mandatory Credit: Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reaves has been diagnosed with a bruised heel and is considered day-to-day, Redick said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Redick also revealed that Reaves and the team\u2019s medical staff opted against additional imaging on the injury, although the guard remains day-to-day as the Lakers monitor his condition.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Austin Reaves has a bruised heel and is day-to-day, per JJ Redick. Redick said that Reaves and the medical staff opted against imaging on the injury. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XR66Era8Co\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/XR66Era8Co<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dave McMenamin (@mcten) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mcten\/status\/2121341211307114974?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">November 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Losing Reaves would be a significant concern for the Lakers because of his importance to their offense. He has averaged 24.7 points, 4.7 assists and 3.3 rebounds in 12 games this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Lakers are scheduled to face the Phoenix Suns on Sunday, November 15, with tip-off set for 4:00 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/subscribe\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Enjoy free coverage of the top news &amp; trending stories with The Big Lead Newsletter<\/a> \u2014<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Lakers have received an encouraging update on one of their most important players following an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":883914,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3790],"tags":[1013,7,1661,4034,1698,300,4044,251,150,4033,4043,6],"class_list":["post-883913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles-lakers","tag-austin-reaves","tag-basketball","tag-jj-redick","tag-la","tag-la-lakers","tag-lakers","tag-lalakers","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-losangeles","tag-losangeleslakers","tag-nba"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/117613076455873783","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=883913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/883914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=883913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=883913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=883913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}