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The Los Angeles Lakers are on the road on Friday night as they travel to take on the Houston Rockets in Game 3 of their first-round playoff series.
For the Lakers, they enter Friday’s game with a 2-0 series lead after defeating the Rockets at home on Tuesday night behind big performances from LeBron James, Marcus Smart and Luke Kennard.
Now Los Angeles will try to grab another victory on the road over the Rockets on Friday as they look to take a commanding 3-0 series lead.
While the Lakers are looking to pick up a victory in Game 3 on Friday, they may be without two of their star players due to injuries.
For the Lakers, they have two players listed on their injury report for Game 3 on Friday in Houston.
Los Angeles has upgraded Austin Reaves to questionable due to a left oblique strain and there is a chance he could return from a seven-game absence on Friday night.
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If Reaves is able to return for Game 3, it would be a massive boost for the Lakers, especially on the offensive end, though they may elect to limit his minutes.
The Lakers have ruled out Luka Doncic due to a left hamstring strain as he will miss his eighth consecutive contest and it was reported earlier in the week that Los Angeles does not expect him to return in the first round.
The good news for the Lakers is that Jake LaRavia is off their injury report after exiting Tuesday’s victory due to an ankle sprain.
Fans can catch Game 3 of the first-round series between the Lakers and Rockets from Houston on Friday night at 8:00 p.m. ET on Amazon Prime Video.
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