{"id":32649,"date":"2025-12-12T22:51:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T03:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/12\/12\/austin-sidelines-lakers-for-a-minimum-of-one-week-due-to-calf-strain\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T22:51:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T03:51:33","slug":"austin-sidelines-lakers-for-a-minimum-of-one-week-due-to-calf-strain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/12\/12\/austin-sidelines-lakers-for-a-minimum-of-one-week-due-to-calf-strain\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin sidelines Lakers for a minimum of one week due to calf strain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Reeves is set to miss at least a week due to a mild strain in his left calf, according to Lakers reporter Mike Trudel. The promising guard will be re-evaluated in seven days, potentially sidelining him for upcoming games against the Phoenix Suns, Utah Jazz, and possibly the Los Angeles Clippers.<\/p>\n<p>Reeves has emerged as a standout player this season for the Lakers, showcasing impressive performances over 21 games. He is posting career-best averages with 27.9 points, 6.7 assists, and 5.6 rebounds per game, and currently leads the team in win shares, per Basketball Reference. Notably, in October, he scored a personal best of 51 points while both Luka Doncic and LeBron James were sidelined.<\/p>\n<p>These efforts contributed to the Lakers&#8217; strong start, achieving a 17-7 record and ranking fourth in the Western Conference. However, their momentum was halted in the NBA Cup with a 132-119 loss to the San Antonio Spurs.<\/p>\n<p>Fan Take: Austin Reeves&#8217; injury is a significant setback for Lakers fans hoping to see him solidify his star status this season. His absence could impact the team&#8217;s competitiveness and highlights how fragile the momentum of rising talents can be in professional basketball.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Reeves is set to miss at least a week due to a mild strain in his left calf, according to Lakers reporter Mike Trudel. The promising guard will be re-evaluated in seven days, potentially sidelining him for upcoming games against the Phoenix Suns, Utah Jazz, and possibly the Los Angeles Clippers. Reeves has emerged [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32650,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[39],"class_list":{"0":"post-32649","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-basketball"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}