Does Austin Reaves play? Lakers releases damage report vs pacers

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Los Angeles Lakers hope to keep their star play. They have won eight of their last nine games and that was even before they did the trade for Luka Doncic.

Los Angeles is looking to win again against Indiana Pacers. Pacers is the hottest team in the league and wins 14 of their last 18 games.

Lakers hoped to make Doncic debut in this game on Saturday afternoon. Instead, he will miss the game and will probably debut Monday against jazz.

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Doncic is not the only player who will miss this game. LeBron James is also looking for this game due to an ankle injury.

This means that Lakers will be without their two best players in this game. Another critical player has also found himself on the injury report before the game.

Austin Reaves is also on the damage report for this game. He was listed as questionable due to a left elbow contusion. But he wants to play.

Having some of their best players out will make it very hard for Lakers to win this game even if it’s at home. The pacers are only missing Myles Turner that is out due to a cervical strain.

ESPN bent into this game because they thought it would be Doncic’s debut game for Lakers. Now they get a game without some of the best players from both teams.

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Los Angeles hopes to have a healthier team for the next few days. It should give them a better idea of ​​how well Doncic fits the rest of the schedule.

Lakers are fifth in the Western Conference position, but it’s a very crowded conference. They only sit 1.5 games behind nuggets for third.

If they can keep this big playing line, they may be able to catch the nuggets for that place in the position. It could give them a more favorable matchup.

Reaves are an average of 18.5 points, 4.3 rebounds and 6.1 assists per day. Match this season.

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