# Lakers Face Triple Injury Blow as JJ Redick Addresses Austin Reaves’ Achilles Injury Scare and Defends Playing Luka Doncic in Blowout Win

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6 outlets covering · First listed: EssentiallySports, Nov 12, 2026, 5:30 AM · Read it: <https://www.essentiallysports.com/nba-active-basketball-news-lakers-face-triple-injury-blow-as-jj-redick-addresses-austin-reaves-achilles-injury-scare-and-defends-playing-luka-doncic-in-blowout-win/>

The Lakers’ worst nightmare nearly manifested just as the team was on a blistering 3–0 start to their road trip. The Los Angeles Lakers extended their red-hot winning streak to seven games on Wednesday night with a 123–112 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks at Fiserv Forum, improving their league-best record to 11–2. However, the celebratory

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- Nov 11, 2026, 9:27 PM: [Austin Reaves suffers left heel injury in Lakers' win over Bucks](<https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7775127/2026/11/11/austin-reaves-lakers-heel-injury/>) — The Athletic (Sports, United States)
  Reaves injured his heel attempting to score on a contested fast-break dunk in the third quarter. He had 18 points Wednesday.
- Nov 11, 2026, 9:41 PM: [Austin Reaves injured as Lakers win seventh in a row](<https://www.latimes.com/sports/lakers/story/2026-11-11/austin-reaves-lakers-bucks>) — Los Angeles Times (Newspaper, United States)
  Austin Reaves lands awkwardly on a blocked dunk attempt and has to leave the Lakers' win over the Bucks early.
- Nov 11, 2026, 11:00 PM: [Luka Doncic, Austin Reaves Injury Updates Emerge After Lakers’ Win](<https://www.si.com/nba/lakers/onsi/luka-doncic-austin-reaves-injury-updates-emerge-after-lakers-win>) — Sports Illustrated (Sports, United States)
  The Lakers’ seventh straight victory came with concerns about both stars as Los Angeles prepares for the final stop of its road trip.
- Nov 12, 2026, 1:20 AM: [Luka Doncic’s, Austin Reaves’ injury scares dose of scary deja vu for Lakers](<https://nypost.com/2026/11/12/sports/luka-doncics-austin-reaves-injury-scares-dose-of-scary-deja-vu/>) — NY Post (Newspaper, United States)
  We all still have PTSD from April 2. In what was supposed to be a measuring stick game against the Thunder, Luka Dončić suffered a strained hamstring that sidelined him the entire postseason and Austin Reaves sustained a strained oblique that kept him out the first four games of the playoffs. Just like that, the...
- Nov 12, 2026, 1:54 AM: [JJ Redick addresses Austin Reaves’ injury as Lakers’ seven-game win streak might be in jeopardy](<https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/jj-redick-addresses-austin-reaves-075447613.html>) — Yahoo Sports (Sports, United States)
  Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick discussed Austin Reaves’ left heel injury after the team’s 123-111 win over the Milwaukee Bucks on November 11. Reaves ended the win over Milwaukee with an efficient 18 points, with six rebounds and five assists, but left in the third quarter after limping off the court with a heel injury.
- Nov 12, 2026, 5:30 AM: [Lakers Face Triple Injury Blow as JJ Redick Addresses Austin Reaves’ Achilles Injury Scare and Defends Playing Luka Doncic in Blowout Win](<https://www.essentiallysports.com/nba-active-basketball-news-lakers-face-triple-injury-blow-as-jj-redick-addresses-austin-reaves-achilles-injury-scare-and-defends-playing-luka-doncic-in-blowout-win/>) — EssentiallySports (Sports)
  The Lakers’ worst nightmare nearly manifested just as the team was on a blistering 3–0 start to their road trip. The Los Angeles Lakers extended their red-hot winning streak to seven games on Wednesday night with a 123–112 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks at Fiserv Forum, improving their league-best record to 11–2. However, the celebratory