While Austin Reaves has certainly made it easier to stomach over the past week, Luka Dončić’s absence is still a big loss for the Lakers for obvious reasons.

After starting the year red-hot himself, only a Herculean effort from Reaves has made the loss of Luka sting a little less in recent games. Dončić sprained his finger against the Wolves while dropping nearly 50 points on them, but the injury forced him out of the lineup at least for this week of games.

Before Wednesday’s game, head coach JJ Redick provided the latest update on Luka as well as LeBron James.

Based largely on this tweet, it seems one of the biggest things that will determine Luka’s availability is simply the swelling going down in his finger. It’s not that simple as he was also diagnosed with a leg contusion, so that

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