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04/29 22:24 CDT Austin Reaves returns to Lakers' lineup for Game 5 after
missing 9 games with oblique injury
Austin Reaves returns to Lakers' lineup for Game 5 after missing 9 games with
oblique injury
By GREG BEACHAM
AP Sports Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) --- Austin Reaves returned from a nine-game injury absence
Wednesday night when the Los Angeles Lakers attempted to finish their
first-round playoff series with the Houston Rockets in Game 5.
Reaves had 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 came off the bench for the Lakers in Game 5, who kept the same starting
lineup that had taken them to a 3-1 series lead. Reaves immediately made an
impact when he checked in midway through the first quarter, making a 3-pointer
from 30 feet away on his first shot.
Reaves finished the first half with 11 points and six assists, sharing the
Lakers' scoring lead with Marcus Smart. But Los Angeles trailed Houston 51-47
after committing nine turnovers.
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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AP NBA: https://apnews.com/NBA
