{"id":646433,"date":"2025-12-27T05:50:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T04:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=646433"},"modified":"2025-12-27T05:50:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T04:50:20","slug":"austin-reaves-injury-update-lakers-star-guard-to-remain-out-of-action-with-grade-2-calf-strain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/austin-reaves-injury-update-lakers-star-guard-to-remain-out-of-action-with-grade-2-calf-strain\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Reaves Injury Update: Lakers Star Guard to Remain Out of Action with Grade 2 Calf Strain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Lakers, who are having a rollercoaster ride during the <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>NBA<\/a> 2025-26 regular season, received yet another blow. Their star guard Austin Reaves has been diagnosed with a left calf strain, and is expected to miss considerable amount of time. Notably, during the Lakers&rsquo; blowout loss to the Houston Rockets on Christmas Day, Reaves left the game early after complaining of left calf soreness. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/YahooSports\/status\/2004382961538359457\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>He was then sidelined for the remainder of the matchup<\/a>. <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Los Angeles Lakers guard Austin Reaves has been diagnosed with a grade 2 left gastrocnemius strain and will be reevaluated in four weeks.<\/p>&mdash; Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/2004729613759775111?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>December 27, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>The Lakers then announced that he would undergo an MRI examination on Friday, and as per the evaluation, the 27-year-old has been diagnosed with a grade 2 left gastrocnemius strain.&nbsp;Notably, Reaves missed three games earlier this month due to calf soreness, and returned to action on Tuesday. He dropped 17 points against the Suns, and left the Rockets&rsquo; clash with 12 points, one rebound, and one assist. Reaves was shooting 5-of-8 from the field and 2-of-5 from the three-point range.&nbsp;<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When will Austin Reaves Return?&nbsp;<\/h2><p>As per the official announcement by the league, Reaves is expected to undergo re-evaluation in four weeks, i.e, late January. If he receives a green signal for return, then as per calculations, Reaves will most-likely appear in January 24&rsquo;s clash against the Dallas Mavericks.<\/p><p>&nbsp;It is to be noted that Reaves has emerged as one of the most-productive shotmakers throughout the NBA 2025-26 season. Out of 29 games that the Lakers have played this season, the Oklahoma alum has appeared in 23 of them, and is averaging his career-best stats. Reaves is dropping 26.6 points, with 5.2 rebounds and 6.3 assists per game while shooting 50.7% from the field and 36.5% from the three-point range. He is playing 35.3 minutes on an average.&nbsp;<\/p><p>With him currently out of action, we can expect Marcus Smart to start at guard, as he has done in four of the Lakers&rsquo; last five games.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles Lakers received yet another blow in form of Austin Reaves&#8217; injury. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":646436,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[369,19],"class_list":["post-646433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-austin-reaves","tag-los-angeles-lakers"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Austin Reaves 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