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On Tuesday, the Dallas Mavericks<\/a> disputed Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> head coach JJ Redick\u2019s claim that their medical team misdiagnosed Austin Reaves\u2019 injury after the star guard underwent an MRI for an oblique strain.<\/p>\n \u201cOur medical team followed standard imaging protocols based on the information provided at the time,\u201d the Mavericks said in a statement, via ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThere was no error in the scan performed.\u201d<\/p>\n In the lead-up to the Lakers\u2019 game against the Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> on Tuesday, Redick addressed the controversy while offering an update on Reaves.<\/p>\n \u201cIn the end, we got the image we needed,\u201d Redick said.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd obviously very appreciative, because it\u2019s happened throughout the season whenever the home team is accommodating to us, just like we would be for them. And we\u2019re going to move on.\u201d<\/p>\n Austin Reaves Injury Update<\/p>\n Earlier, Redick claimed that the Mavericks scanned the \u201cwrong area\u201d of Reaves\u2019 body.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know where the chain of command lies with Dallas imaging, but they scanned the wrong area,\u201d Redick said. \u201cSo [the mistake was] not on our end. We made it explicit what was supposed to be scanned, but they scanned the wrong area.\u201d<\/p>\n Ultimately, Reaves needed two MRIs to diagnose a grade 2 oblique strain, which sidelined him for four to six weeks and put his playoff status in jeopardy.<\/p>\n Lakers Lose Again<\/p>\n The Lakers suffered their third consecutive loss on Tuesday, as Redick\u2019s men were blown out by the Oklahoma City Thunder, 123-87. With Luka Doncic<\/a>, Reaves and LeBron James all sidelined, the Lakers were forced to start a first-time starting unit of Luke Kennard, Rui Hachimura, Drew Timme, Jake LaRavia and Deandre Ayton.<\/p>\n However, amid the sea of injuries, Redick is focused on finding lineups and rotations that they can use in the upcoming playoffs.<\/p>\n \u201cYou obviously have to tackle the situation in front of you,\u201d he said, via LakersNation.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cWe have a unique situation in front of us, and we gotta prepare our team, our group that we have available, to play in a playoff series. That\u2019s how we approach the next four games, how we approach next week leading into Game 1.<\/p>\n \u201cAs I said, it\u2019s finding who\u2019s gonna be able to play in the playoffs for us. That all goes into it. The seeding part probably went out the window after the OKC game.\u201d<\/p>\n The Lakers (50-29) will next face the Golden State Warriors<\/a> (37-42) on Thursday night. Another loss would mean the Lakers slip below the Houston Rockets<\/a> (50-29) as the fifth seed in the West, meaning they won\u2019t have home-court advantage in the playoffs.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tSai Mohan<\/a> covers the NBA for Heavy.com. Based in Portugal, Sai is a seasoned sports writer with nearly two decades of publishing experience, including bylines at Yardbarker, FanSided’s Hoops Habit, International Business Times, Hindustan Times and more. More about Sai Mohan<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tMore Heavy on Lakers\n\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\tLoading more stories\n\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Austin Reaves, Los Angeles Lakers On Tuesday, the Dallas Mavericks disputed Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380995,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-380994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}