CHARLOTTE, N.C. — After being sidelined for over a week, Austin Reaves could make his return to the floor in Monday’s road game against the Charlotte Hornets .

The Lakers upgraded Reaves’ status to questionable on the team’s Sunday evening injury report because of a right groin strain.

The star guard sat out of the Lakers’ three previous games with the injury, which he suffered during the first quarter of the Nov. 2 home win over the Miami Heat .

Reaves averaged 31.1 points (48.9% shooting), 9.3 assists and 5.1 rebounds in the Lakers’ first seven games.

Coach JJ Redick confirmed on Saturday that Reaves received an MRI that revealed a “mild” groin strain after he was previously listed on the injury report with right groin soreness.

He added that Reaves’ pain is “really low” and exp

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