Oblique strains have frustrated Los Angeles sports teams over the past few months. The Los Angeles Lakers lost Austin Reaves for a month due to the injury, forcing the guard to miss a majority of their first-round NBA playoff series against the Houston Rockets. The same happened to Mookie Betts, who strained his oblique at the start of April on the road against the Washington Nationals following a checked swing. Betts hasn't played since and hasn't begun his rehabilitation stint in the minors,