Getty Austin Reaves defending Luka Doncic after injury The Los Angeles Lakers are holding onto the third seed in the Western Conference with five games remaining. LeBron James is healthy. The playoff picture is still intact. Everything else is falling apart. One day after learning Luka Doncic would miss the rest of the regular season with a Grade 2 hamstring strain , the Lakers received more damaging news. Austin Reaves is out for the remainder of the regular season as well . And the way it was