The Los Angeles Lakers could have misplaced greater than only one recreation within the setback in opposition to the San Antonio Spurs on Dec. 10.
Austin Reaves left the court docket hobbling on the finish of the sport, and he is been identified with a light calf pressure. Whereas he is anticipated to overlook only one week, calf accidents can usually result in main illnesses. That is why head coach JJ Redick made it fairly clear that they intend to be extraordinarily cautious with the 27-year-old’s standing going ahead.
Lakers will probably be cautious with Austin Reaves’ calf harm
“For him, it’s laborious to pinpoint a precise time in the course of the recreation,” Redick told the media, per Khobi Worth of Spectrum SportsNet. “It had began to tighten up the day earlier than despite the fact that he did very mild work deliberately. Simply a type of issues and we’re clearly gonna be cautious with it.”
Calf accidents have been tied to Achilles accidents these days. So, despite the fact that Reaves will probably solely miss two video games and the harm would not seem like critical, the workforce will proceed to maintain an in depth eye on him.
“I might enterprise to say each participant is slightly completely different, however gamers now have gotten extra cautious, to make use of that phrase once more. Extra cautious once they get these diagnoses with the calf. However all the things appears clear, it’s not within the deep half. It must be per week,” Redick added.
Reaves has been the Lakers’ second-best participant this season, averaging 27.8 factors, 5.6 rebounds and 6.7 assists whereas capturing 50.3 p.c from the sphere and 36.9 p.c from past the arc. The Lakers must be simply fine with Luka Doncic main the way in which and LeBron James ramping issues up, however they cannot afford to be with out the previous undrafted free agent for lengthy.
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