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04/29 20:32 CDT Austin Reaves returning to Lakers' lineup for Game 5 after
missing 9 games with oblique injury
Austin Reaves returning to Lakers' lineup for Game 5 after missing 9 games with
oblique injury
LOS ANGELES (AP) --- Austin Reaves is returning from a nine-game injury absence
Wednesday night when the Los Angeles Lakers attempt to finish their first-round
playoff series with the Houston Rockets in Game 5.
Reaves has been out since April 2 with strained oblique muscles, missing the
final five games of the Lakers' regular season and the first four games of the
postseason. But Reaves returned to practice last week, and he warmed up for the
previous two games in the series in Houston before being ruled out.
Reaves was injured in the same game in which NBA scoring champion Luka Doncic
strained his right hamstrings. Doncic doesn't yet appear to be close to a
return.
The Lakers won the first three games of the series without their top two
scorers, but the Rockets took Game 4 to push the series back to Los Angeles.
Reaves averaged 23.3 points, 5.5 assists and 4.7 rebounds this season, but
played in just 51 games thanks to the oblique injury and a strained left calf
that sidelined him for 19 straight games from Christmas to February.
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