Lakers’ Austin Reaves leaves game vs Bucks with apparent injury
Los Angeles Lakers guard Austin Reaves left Wednesday’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks with a left heel injury and didn’t return.
Key points
- MILWAUKEE — One of the Lakers’ star players left the team’s game against the Bucks due to an injury Wednesday.
- AP Photo/Aaron Gash Austin Reaves subbed himself out and limped to the back of Fiserv Forum with team personnel because of an apparent lower-body injury midway through the third quarter.
- AP Photo/Aaron Gash Reaves appeared to tweak something during a dunk attempt earlier in the quarter but stayed in the game coming out of the timeout.
He motioned to the bench for a sub during this play: pic.twitter.com/TH1MttlcWR — Khobi Price (@khobi_price) November 12, 2026 The Lakers then ruled him out with a left heel injury in the fourth quarter.
Los Angeles Lakers’ Austin Reaves shrugs during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Milwaukee Bucks, Wednesday, Nov.
Additional details
- He limped back on defense after a Lakers turnover and subbed himself out of the game at the end of the Milwaukee possession.
- He motioned to the bench around the 5:20 mark of the quarter, with the Lakers making multiple subs while Reaves walked to the back.
- The Lakers didn’t have an update on Reaves’ status as of early in the fourth quarter.
- The nature and extent of his injury wasn’t initially clear.
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