Lakers get good news on Austin Reaves' injury

The Los Angeles Lakers finally got some positive news on the injury front.

ESPN’s Shams Charania reported Tuesday that there remains no expectation that Luka Doncic will return in the first round of the Western Conference Playoffs, and he remains out indefinitely. Austin Reaves, however, has progressed further in his rehab and has an outside chance of returning late in the series.

“The sense around the Lakers is that Austin Reaves is actually the one that’s further along than Luka Doncic in their respective rehab processes,” Charania said. 

“I am told Austin Reaves has started one-on-one on-court work. The next step for him is to continue to go through the progressions of three-on-three and five-on-five. Theoretically, that puts him on track late in this series or potentially early in the next series.”