LeBron James on the Lakers injury news in the last 48 hours It was a shot to the heart and the chest and the mainframe with Luka I woke up from my nap and saw that Reaves news and was like Shit

NBA Today 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 I am told Austin Reaves has started 1 on 1 on court work The Lakers are not expecting Luka Doncic to be back in this series

Charania Los Angeles Lakers superstar Luka Doni is expected to miss the series against the Houston Rockets Austin Reaves has begun 1-on-1 on-court work but remains out indefinitely

LeBron James splits the defense on the layup under the rim and scores then taps in the alley-oop lob by Austin Reaves with the friendly bounce

LeBron and Luka Nard hit back-to-back threes

LeBron James unintentionally elbows his former teammate Alex Caruso in the face with a replay Caruso bleeds from his nose and receives a treatment

LeBron James grabs the rebound and repeats the coast to coast and riving layup putting the Lakers up 19 as the Rockets fail to stop him in transition with replaysLuka signals the Rockets to take a timeout