The Los Angeles Lakers are one of the hottest teams in the league right now, and they just picked up another one, this time against the Milwaukee Bucks. Unfortunately, Austin Reaves went down with an injury in the third quarter and had to leave the game. It's uncertain at the moment what the severity of the injury is, but Brian Sutterer took a guess on social media about what it could be.
“Plantar fascia strain/tear would be top of my list for Austin Reaves,” Sutterer wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
In the image that Sutterer provided with his tweet, it says that this specific injury usually costs players about nine games. That wouldn't be ideal for the Lakers, but they have the players to fill Reaves' void if he has to miss that amount of time.
After the game, Luka Doncic shared what the team would have to do in the event that Reaves is out.
“I think we just gotta have next-man-up mentality,” Doncic said. “You know, obviously, we lose a very, very good player. Hopefully it’s nothing. We gotta have next-man-up mentality.”
Doncic also suffered an injury during the Bucks game, where he rolled his ankle in the fourth quarter. He was still able to play, and it looks like it was nothing too serious to the point where he had to leave. Head coach JJ Redick shared why he kept Doncic in late in the game.
Article Continues Below“For those upset with Luka being in the game at the end, Redick said he likely wouldn't have been if Sexton hadn't been injured,” SB Nation's Jacob Rude wrote on X. “He also noted that because of the struggles the bench had versus (Toronto) Raptors, the aim was to put them in up 20 with four minutes to go.”
Now, all eyes will be on Reaves to see what his diagnosis will be.