Austin Reaves returning to Lakers' lineup for Game 5 after missing 9 games with oblique injury‎

Austin Reaves is returning from a nine-game injury absence Wednesday night when the Los Angeles Lakers attempt to finish their first-round playoff series with the Houston Rockets in Game 5. Reaves has been out since April 2 with strained oblique muscles, missing the final five games of the Lakers' regular season and the first four games of the postseason. Reaves was injured in the same game in which NBA scoring champion Luka Doncic strained his right hamstrings.