Los Angeles Lakers star Austin Reaves is optimistic to return to action in Game 5 against the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night after missing about four weeks with a Grade 2 oblique strain, sources tell ESPN. Reaves will be a game-time decision for the third consecutive contest.
The Rockets signed Dorian Finney-Smith to a four-year, $52.7M deal after the Lakers opted not to retain him in free agency last summer.
Finney-Smith has been a non-factor in the first-round series against the Lakers and will surely be placed on the trade block this offseason.