Lakers’ Austin Reaves to miss at least 4 weeks with calf injury

Lakers star guard Austin Reaves will be sidelined for at least the next month because of a calf injury.

The team announced on Friday evening that Reaves will be re-evaluated in about four weeks after being diagnosed with a grade 2 left gastrocnemius (upper calf muscle) strain.

Reaves suffered the injury during Thursday’s Christmas Day loss to the Houston Rockets.

He had 12 points on 5-of-8 shooting in 15 first-half minutes before being ruled out just after halftime with what the team called left calf soreness.