Just when it seemed like the Los Angeles Lakers were starting to get healthy again after seeing several of their key players miss games lately, one of those key players got hurt again.
Austin Reaves, who had missed three games due to a left calf strain, was ruled out for the second half of Thursday’s 119-96 loss to the Houston Rockets due to soreness in that same calf. He had scored 12 points on 5-of-8 field-goal shooting in the first half before exiting the game.
Per Dan Woike of The Athletic, the guard will undergo an MRI on that bad calf on Friday.
However, Reaves was reportedly able to head out of Crypto.com Arena without any protection on that left leg.
Los Angeles will be off until Sunday when it hosts the Sacramento Kings. Two days later, it will host the Detroit Pistons, who have the Eastern Conference’s best record at 24-6 and have won seven of their last eight games.
This article originally appeared on LeBron Wire: Austin Reaves will undergo MRI on left calf
Reporting by Robert Marvi, LeBron Wire / LeBron Wire
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