{"id":1907954,"date":"2026-04-28T21:39:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T18:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1907954"},"modified":"2026-04-28T21:39:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T18:39:07","slug":"austin-reaves-status-for-lakers-game-5-vs-rockets-remains-uncertain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1907954","title":{"rendered":"Austin Reaves\u2019 status for Lakers\u2019 Game 5 vs. Rockets remains uncertain"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. \u2014 Austin Reaves\u2019 status remains uncertain ahead of Game 5 of the Los Angeles Lakers\u2019 first-round series against the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

Reaves, listed as questionable for Games 3 and 4 of the series in Houston, didn\u2019t play in those games as he continued his recovery from a Grade 2 oblique strain he suffered on April 2. He said he\u2019s feeling good but is still monitoring the injury on a daily basis.<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cAt the first of it, JJ (Redick) specifically was like, \u2018You know, you have to be comfortable with your body and what you can do to go out there and help us be successful. And I want to get back out there as fast as I can,\u201d Reaves said. \u201cBut like I said, I feel good and trending in the right direction and can\u2019t wait to wake up tomorrow and attack another day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reaves didn\u2019t share all\u00a0the steps he\u2019s taken in recovery, but league sources told\u00a0The Athletic<\/em> that his rehabilitation routine has included access to the Los Angeles Dodgers\u2019 facilities, where he has received various<\/span>\u00a0recovery treatments.<\/p>\n

Luka Don\u010di\u0107, who suffered a Grade 2 hamstring strain in the same game as Reaves\u2019 oblique injury, has begun on-court movement work but isn\u2019t playing with live contact as of yet.<\/p>\n

\n

a.showcase-link-container {
\n display: flex;
\n gap: 20px;
\n flex-direction: column;
\n align-items: center;
\n padding: 20px 0px;
\n border-top: 1px solid rgba(150, 150, 147, 0.4);
\n border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(150, 150, 147, 0.4);
\n text-decoration: none;
\n color: #121212;
\n cursor: pointer;<\/p>\n

.showcase-link {
\n font-family: nyt-franklin;
\n font-size: 14px;
\n font-style: normal;
\n font-weight: 700;
\n line-height: 13.8px;
\n letter-spacing: 1.1px;
\n text-transform: uppercase;
\n }<\/p>\n

.showcase-link-image {
\n border-radius: 8px;
\n object-fit: cover;
\n width: 200px;
\n height: 150px;
\n margin: 0px;
\n @media (max-width: 600px) {
\n width: 120px;
\n height: 120px;
\n }
\n }<\/p>\n

.showcase-link-inner-content {
\n display: flex;
\n flex-direction: row;
\n gap: 16px;
\n width: 100%;
\n }<\/p>\n

.showcase-link-text-content {
\n display: flex;
\n flex-direction: column;
\n gap: 20px;
\n justify-content: center;
\n @media (max-width: 600px) {
\n gap: 8px;
\n }
\n }<\/p>\n

.showcase-link-title {
\n font-family: nyt-cheltenham;
\n font-size: 24px;
\n font-style: normal;
\n font-weight: 500;
\n line-height: 120%; \/* 24px *\/
\n letter-spacing: 0.01px;
\n text-overflow: ellipsis;
\n overflow: hidden;
\n display: -webkit-box;
\n -webkit-box-orient: vertical;
\n -webkit-line-clamp: 3;
\n @media (max-width: 600px) {
\n font-size: 16px;
\n }
\n }<\/p>\n

.showcase-link-excerpt {
\n font-family: nyt-imperial;
\n font-size: 16px;
\n font-style: normal;
\n font-weight: 400;
\n line-height: 139%; \/* 19.46px *\/
\n color: #323232;
\n text-overflow: ellipsis;
\n overflow: hidden;
\n display: -webkit-box;
\n -webkit-box-orient: vertical;
\n -webkit-line-clamp: 4;
\n @media (max-width: 600px) {
\n font-size: 12px;
\n line-height: 121%;
\n }
\n }
\n}<\/p>\n

.showcase-link-inputs {
\n .showcase-link-input {
\n width: 100%;
\n font-size: 1rem;
\n background-color: white;
\n margin-bottom: 12px;
\n }<\/p>\n

.showcase-link-indent {
\n margin-left: 25px;
\n }<\/p>\n

option {
\n width: 100%;
\n }
\n}<\/p>\n

@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
\n .native-mobile a.showcase-link-container {
\n background-color: #121212;
\n color: #f0f0ee;
\n .showcase-link-excerpt {
\n color: #c4c4c0;
\n }
\n }
\n}<\/p>\n

\/\/ Remove all onclicks on imgs for apps to prevent image zoom on click
\n document.querySelectorAll(‘.showcase-link-image’).forEach((img) => img.removeAttribute(‘onclick’));<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

What You Should Read Next<\/div>\n
\n \"Lakers<\/p>\n
\n
\n Lakers need to use Rockets\u2019 pressure to sharpen their playoff edge\n <\/div>\n
\n The Rockets are showing the Lakers they’ve got a lot of tweaks to make.\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

The Lakers lead the Rockets 3-1 after failing to close them out in Houston on Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, you have to kill them. It\u2019s difficult to kill someone. You\u2019ve got to \u2026 again, survival instincts says, \u2018I want to stay alive,\u2019\u201d Redick said. \u201cAnd so, you got to be able to kill them. That\u2019s what (it takes).\u201d<\/p>\n

Reaves is undoubtedly one of the Lakers\u2019 best weapons. He averaged 23.3 points, 4.7 rebounds and 5.5 assists over 51 games this season. He missed a month with a calf strain during the winter before returning on a minutes restriction. In his first five games back, Reaves averaged 20 points on 51.7 percent shooting in 25.4 minutes per game.<\/p>\n

Since suffering his latest injury, Reaves said he\u2019s been \u201cmiserable.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI can talk and try to lead from being over there, but not really being on the court sucks,\u201d he said. \u201c \u2026 I think we\u2019ve seen in the past when I get injured, I do everything I can to get back as soon as I can with still being safe at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear whether Reaves would face a minutes restriction if he ends up being available on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody\u2019s on the same page here. Everything from the get-go has been a group effort, and the main thing is to get me back out there as fast as I can without putting myself at risk to re-injure myself,\u201d Reaves said. \u201cSo everybody\u2019s been extremely positive through this whole process. And we\u2019re all working for one goal, and yeah, we\u2019re doing everything we can.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. \u2014 Austin Reaves\u2019 status remains uncertain ahead of Game 5 of the Los Angeles Lakers\u2019 first-round series against the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night. Reaves, listed as questionable for Games 3 and 4 of the series in Houston, didn\u2019t play in those games as he continued his recovery from a Grade 2 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,241],"class_list":["post-1907954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-nytimes-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1907954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1907954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1907954\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1907954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1907954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1907954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}