"LOS ANGELES - Lakers guard Austin Reaves was ruled out of at halftime of L.A.'s Christmas Day showdown with the Houston Rockets because of a sore left calf, the team announced. Reaves had recently missed three games with what the Lakers termed a mild left calf strain, but had returned from the injury Tuesday and scored 17 points in 22 minutes off the bench against the Phoenix Suns."
"Reaves had recently missed three games with what the Lakers termed a mild left calf strain, but had returned from the injury Tuesday and scored 17 points in 22 minutes off the bench against the Phoenix Suns. He started against Houston, however Lakers coach JJ Redick said Reaves would remain on a minutes restriction. Reaves scored 12 points on 5-for-8 shooting in 15 minutes in the first half against the Rockets. Marcus Smart started the third quarter in his place."
Austin Reaves was ruled out at halftime of the Lakers' Christmas Day game against the Houston Rockets because of a sore left calf. He had missed three recent games with what the Lakers termed a mild left calf strain but returned Tuesday and scored 17 points in 22 minutes off the bench against the Phoenix Suns. He started the game against Houston but remained under a minutes restriction imposed by coach JJ Redick. Reaves scored 12 points on 5-for-8 shooting in 15 first-half minutes. Marcus Smart replaced him and started the third quarter in his place. The team announced the ruling at halftime.
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