Rui Hachimura, other questionable key players

The Los Angeles Lakers published their injury report for Tuesday’s match against Oklahoma City Thunder and Rui Hachimura (left -winging tendinopathy) was excluded. In addition, Luka Doncic (strain of the right groin), Dorian Finney-Smith (effusion of the left ankle), LeBron James (strain of the left groin), Bonny James Jr. (illness), Austin Reaves (sprained of the right ankle) and Gabe Vincent (effusion of the left knee) are all listed.

Released his biggest victory of the season at Oklahoma City against the Thunder on Sunday, it seems that the Lakers could rest all their key players in the revenge match on Tuesday.

Because some results around the League took place on Sunday, the Lakers only have to win two of their last four games to win the head of the West Conference. Tuesday’s match is the first night on a back to back before the Lakers went to Dallas to face the Mavericks on Wednesday.

It seems that the Lakers probably sit down guys against the Thunder in order to have their full list ready to go against the Mavericks, which is not only an easier match on paper, but also the first time of Dallas and a game that he will surely be motivated to win.

Lakers beating thunder so dominant on Sunday, sitting guys in the revenge match and not allowing them to prove that they can compete with the new version of the insure a psychological advantage on the young team of Oklahoma City if they see them in the playoffs.

Hope, of course, is that none of these injuries is serious. But for Dononic, in particular, there is no doubt that he will do everything in his power to be back on the field in Dallas to face his former team if he sat the match of Tuesday at Oklahoma City.

If all these doubtful players sat against the Thunder, then the Lakers would end up with Jaxson Hayes, Dalton Knecht, Jordan Goodwin, Jarred Vanderbilt, Shake Milton, Markieff Morris, Christian Koloko, Trey Jemison and Alex Len against the best team in the League.

Austin Reaves satisfied with the game of Lakers in victory on Thunder

Sunday’s victory was not only a big one, but quite surprising because the Lakers dominated thunder from start to finish on their floor at home. After the match, Austin Reaves explained how much he was satisfied with the Lakers competition.

“Yeah, it’s huge. They got the best basketball record, I think and where the ranking is, you can go from the third to I think the eighth at the end of a finger. So, so that we come here and play such a good team as we did this evening is great and I hope we can continue this momentum.”

Unfortunately, it seems that Reaves and others are not on the ground on Tuesday.

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