Is Austin Reaves playing in Game 2 tonight vs. Rockets? Final status for Lakers star

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The Los Angeles Lakers will be without their star guard, Austin Reaves, for the seventh consecutive game.

Reaves is ruled out for Game 2 of the first-round series against the Houston Rockets on Tuesday due to left oblique muscle strain.

The 27-year-old has missed the last six games with the injury and will remain sidelined as expected. While that is the case, there is expected to be an update on Reaves in the coming days.

Reaves was spotted at the Lakers' practice facility on Monday. He was seen shooting free throws along with Jake LaRavia and Jarred Vanderbilt.

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This week will be the three-week mark since Reaves suffered his oblique injury. The former undrafted guard suffered the injury against the Oklahoma City Thunder on April 2, early in the contest. He was seen wincing throughout the first half and even exited the contest in the second quarter.

Still, he remained in the contest, although he was grabbing at the left side of his lower back. The final time Reaves was on the floor, he recorded 15 points on 5-of-9 shooting from the field, four rebounds and one assist in 27 minutes of action in the blowout loss.

The Lakers failed to capture the No. 3 seed without Reaves and Luka Doncic in the regular season. Nonetheless, they earned the No. 4 seed and home court advantage in the first round of the playoffs.