{"id":607501,"date":"2026-04-26T13:38:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T13:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/607501\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T13:38:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T13:38:17","slug":"is-austin-reaves-playing-tonight-injury-status-for-lakers-vs-rockets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/607501\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Austin Reaves playing tonight? Injury status for Lakers vs. Rockets"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> will look to close out the first-round NBA playoff series with the Houston Rockets<\/a> on Sunday, April 26.<\/p>\n

LeBron James<\/a> has helped lead the way for the Lakers, who hold a 3-0 lead in the series against Houston.<\/p>\n

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Los Angeles<\/a> has played throughout the series without guards Austin Reaves<\/a> and Luka Doncic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Doncic was ruled out<\/a> for Game 4, but Reaves could be a game-time decision.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the latest on Reaves for Sunday.<\/p>\n

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Moondog performs during the first quarter of game one in the first round of the 2026 NBA Playoffs between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Toronto Raptors at Rocket Arena.<\/p>\n

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NBA playoffs fans, dancers, cheerleaders and mascots bring the energy<\/p>\n

Moondog performs during the first quarter of game one in the first round of the 2026 NBA Playoffs between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Toronto Raptors at Rocket Arena.<\/p>\n

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A member of the Cleveland Cavaliers Scream Team performs during a time out during the second half of game one in the first round of the 2026 NBA Playoffs at Rocket Arena.<\/p>\n

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Cleveland Brows player Myles Garrett riles up the crowd during the first half of game one between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Toronto Raptors in the first round of the 2026 NBA Playoffs at Rocket Arena.<\/p>\n

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NBA playoffs fans, dancers, cheerleaders and mascots bring the energy<\/p>\n

A fan waves a towel during the second half of game one between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Toronto Raptors in the first round of the 2026 NBA Playoffs at Rocket Arena.<\/p>\n

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NBA playoffs fans, dancers, cheerleaders and mascots bring the energy<\/p>\n

Fans arrive to watch warmups before game one of the first round of the 2026 NBA Playoffs between the Denver Nuggets and the Minnesota Timberwolves at Ball Arena.<\/p>\n

Will Austin Reaves play for the Lakers tonight?<\/p>\n

Reaves has been dealing with a left oblique muscle strain and has not played since participating in a 139-96 blowout loss against the Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> on April 2.<\/p>\n

He was listed as questionable on the Lakers’ status report released on April 25.<\/p>\n

Lakers coach JJ Redick<\/a> told reporters ahead of Game 3 on Friday, April 24, that Reaves would test whether he would’ve been able to play in the game. He did not play.<\/p>\n

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Redick had also confirmed that Reaves had recently played in 5-on-5 games, which usually indicates a player is close to a return.<\/p>\n

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Los Angeles Lakers guard Austin Reaves (15) warms up before the game against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California, on March 31, 2026.<\/p>\n

Austin Reaves stats<\/p>\n

Reaves has averaged 23.3 points, 5.5 assists and 4.7 rebounds in 51 games played this season.<\/p>\n

When do Lakers play next?<\/p>\n

The Lakers will play the Houston Rockets<\/a> on Sunday, April 26 at 6:30 p.m. PT (9:30 p.m. ET). The game will be streamed on Peacock.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Austin Reaves injury update: Will Lakers star play vs Rockets Sunday?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Lakers will look to close out the first-round NBA playoff series with the Houston Rockets…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":607502,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[11654,5050,66655,3013,3031,1055,3014,355,6402,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-607501","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-austin-reaves","9":"tag-houston-rockets","10":"tag-jj-redick","11":"tag-lebron-james","12":"tag-los-angeles","13":"tag-los-angeles-lakers","14":"tag-luka-doncic","15":"tag-nba","16":"tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","17":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=607501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/607502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=607501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=607501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}