Lakers guard Austin Reaves underwent an MRI on his left oblique/rib area on Saturday and is questionable to play the Mavericks on Sunday.
is also day-to-day after missing the last six games with groin and ankle injuries - Redick said the Lakers' resolve is strong. "Our mission, it hasn't changed," Redick said. "The rest of these guys and my staff, we're going after the 3 seed and we're going to try to win a playoff series.
And we'll see what happens with Luka."with five games remaining. The Lakers also hold the tiebreaker against all three of those teams, by having already won the season series against each of them. The team announced Friday that Doncic has a Grade 2 left hamstring strain, which typically involves a monthlong recovery. The Lakers have not provided a timetable for Doncic's return beyond missing the rest of the regular season. The first round of the NBA playoffs begins in two weeks.on Thursday. He went back to the locker room for evaluation, but returned to the game and finished with a team-high 15 points in 27 minutes. "I went back to get a rebound, overextended a little bit, and I felt something," Reaves explained after the game. "But I feel decent right now, so we'll see.""I don't know where the chain of command lies with Dallas imaging, but they scanned the wrong area," Redick said. "Not on our end." Both Reaves and Smart were not full participants in the team's practice on Southern Methodist University's campus on Saturday. With Doncic out and Reaves' status unknown, Redick said L.A. would divide the offensive burden between a handful of players, rattling off the names of "I mean, it's a challenge for us," James said after practice. "It's always got to be a next-man-up . But there's no way you can replace that type of impact. So, it's going to be a collective group. We all have to figure out a way to do a little bit more. ... But now you got to be even more tightened up on the things that we do. When you lose a special player like that, you can't have as many mistakes. So we got to figure that out." James had shifted into the Lakers' third option during their recent hot streak, with Doncic and Reaves shouldering the most playmaking duties. In his last seven games, James averaged 15.6 points on 46.3% , 7.3 rebounds and 7.3 assists per game. He only averaged 11.7 field goal attempts per game in that stretch - well below his 18.6 per game career average. "You got to flip the mindset a little bit when your role changes, whatever the case may be, or what's needed out of the team," James said when asked how he will mentally prepare for the challenge ahead. "So, the mindset changes a little bit, for sure." Redick said he planned to expand the rotation in the interim, going from nine players to possibly 11 and mentioned thatAfter playing the Mavs on Sunday, the Lakers have three straight games against teams that will factor into the Western Conference postseason picture - Oklahoma City on Tuesday, the"This team plays really extremely hard tomorrow," James said of Dallas. "They just had a dog fight versus Orlando. We know we got OKC. We got Golden State, who is still fighting. We got Phoenix, who is still fighting. So, it's going to still be a little tough on us. So, we got to be ready for that."br/]Teen sues San Bernardino PD, says she was knocked out during arrest
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