The Los Angeles Lakers announced on Friday that guard Austin Reaves will miss time due to a mild left calf strain and will be re-evaluated in one week. Following Saturday’s practice, head coach JJ Redick provided additional insight regarding the injury.

Redick explained that the injury developed gradually, rather than from a single play.

“For him, it’s hard to pinpoint an exact time during the game,” Redick said. “It had started to tighten up the day before, even though he did very light work intentionally. Just one of those things, and we’re obviously gonna be cautious with it.”

He added that the strain is grade one, and Reaves is not expected to miss more than a week.

“Yeah, it’s a mild strain, grade one. He’ll be out a week,” Redick said.

To avoid worsening the calf strain,

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