Austin Reaves Returns From 9-Game Injury Absence for Lakers in Game 5 vs Rockets
Lakers attempt to close out first-round playoff series without star Luka Doncic still sidelined
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- Austin Reaves returns from a nine-game injury absence for Game 5 of the Lakers-Rockets playoff series.
- Reaves has been out since April 2 with strained oblique muscles.
- The Lakers won the first three games without Reaves and Luka Doncic, but Houston took Game 4 to force a return to Los Angeles.
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The Lakers face the Rockets in the first round of the NBA playoffs. Los Angeles won the first three games despite being without their top two scorers—Austin Reaves and Luka Doncic. Houston won Game 4 to force the series back to Los Angeles.
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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Lakers will win Game 5 to close out series
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Reaves will play limited minutes in his return
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Açık Sorular
- How effective will Reaves be in his return?
- When will Luka Doncic return from his hamstring injury?
- Can the Lakers close out the series without their star player?
