The Los Angeles Lakers could have misplaced greater than only one sport 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 gentle 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 might be cautious with Austin Reaves’ calf harm
“For him, it’s arduous to pinpoint an actual time in the course of the sport,” Redick told the media, per Khobi Value of Spectrum SportsNet. “It had began to tighten up the day earlier than though he did very gentle 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, though Reaves will probably solely miss two video games and the harm does not seem like critical, the workforce will proceed to maintain an in depth eye on him.
“I might enterprise to say each participant is a little bit totally different, however gamers now have gotten extra cautious, to make use of that phrase once more. Extra cautious after they get these diagnoses with the calf. However every little thing seems to be clear, it’s not within the deep half. It needs to 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 sector and 36.9 p.c from past the arc. The Lakers needs to be simply fine with Luka Doncic main the best way and LeBron James ramping issues up, however they can not afford to be with out the previous undrafted free agent for lengthy.
