After suffering a heel bruise in Wednesday’s win over the Bucks, Austin Reaves will miss Sunday’s contest against the Suns.
Reaves is considered day-to-day, but the Lakers are playing it safe with a cushion created by their hot start to the season. He is part of a crowded injury report with Cameron Carr also missing the contest due to an illness.
An illness seems to be spreading through the team as, on top of Carr being out, Bronny James is questionable with an illness. It’s not a given that it’s related, but it’d be quite the coincidence for both to separately pop up at the same time on the injury report with unrelated illnesses.
For Collin Sexton, his injury is also from Wednesday’s game in Milwaukee, where he took an inadvertent headbutt that left a cut and gave him a black eye.
While his injury designation may be questionable, Sexton seems to be talking like someone who is intending on playing on Sunday, which is good news for the Lakers. The recent absences of Reaves and Luka Dončić
Thiero’s injury is a new development. It doesn’t appear to have happened in the game against the Bucks, so there’s not much information on it. With Reaves and Carr already out, there could be more minutes available to Thiero if he’s healthy.
The Suns started the season 1-5 before winning four of their last five games. The only name listed on their injury report is Mark Williams, who is out after having shoulder surgery.
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