Austin Reaves has a bruise on his left heel, is day-to-day, and the Los Angeles Lakers have decided against further imaging, JJ Redick said after practice on Friday, as reported by Corey Hansford of Lakers Nation.
“AR, based on his physical evaluation and how he was feeling yesterday, we opted against imaging,” Redick said, per Hansford. “He’ll be day-to-day.” He added: “He has a bruise on his heel… We as a group collectively decided imaging wasn’t necessary.”
“We’ll have him on the injury report tomorrow at 5 o’clock,” Redick said. That Saturday report is where Reaves’ first designation for Sunday’s game at the Phoenix Suns will appear. Dave McMenamin of ESPN also reported the day-to-day designation, as carried by Zak Hanshew of NBC Sports.
Reaves left the Lakers’ 123-112 win at the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday late in the third quarter after coming down awkwardly on a dunk attempt. X-rays that night were negative, and Redick said then that Reaves would have further imaging on Thursday, as covered in SES’s report on Redick’s postgame update from Milwaukee. Friday’s comments are the change: the imaging did not happen, and the team is calling it a bruise. Reaves is averaging 24.7 points, 4.7 assists and 3.3 rebounds on 51.3 percent shooting over 12 games, per Heavy.
What is not known is whether he plays Sunday. The Lakers have given no timeline beyond day-to-day, and the multi-week estimates that circulated on Thursday came from outside the team. Redick also said Luka Dončić is fine after rolling his right ankle late in the same game and is expected to play against the Suns, as reported by Jonathan Vankin of Heavy.
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