Reaves Upgraded, Durant Downgraded for Game 3, Lakers Winning the Little Battles

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🗓️ 24 April 2026

⏱️ 36 minutes

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The Lakers, already riding high with a 2-0 lead in their series against the Houston Rockets as the show travels to Texas for Friday's Game 3, got a nice boost with the news that Austin Reaves, out with an oblique injury, has been upgraded to Questionable. That doesn't mean he'll play - and with the series lead the Lakers might choose to give him a little more time to heal, even if he could suit up Friday - but just the listing is going to rightly excite Lakers fans. Meanwhile, the Rockets are listing Kevin Durant as questionable, this time with an ankle injury. It seems like a long shot that he'd actually sit, but given that he's already nursing a knee injury, anything that limits him further is not great for a struggling Houston team. Meanwhile, the Lakers are winning the series in part because they're winning what JJ Redick calls "the little battles." "There’s a natural flow to the series where the team that wins can relax a little bit and the team that loses comes out and plays with more desperation. I thought our guys at least matched their sense of desperation. Our second efforts, all that stuff. You’ve got to win a bunch of little fights, that can be your catch position, that can be your screens, that can be creating separation, that can be boxing out. But this team requires you to win a bunch of little fights.” This is a team that needs to be good at that stuff anyway, but without two stars, they need to be even more attentive, and have been for sure. HOSTS: Andy and Brian Kamenetzky SEGMENT 1: Reaves upgraded, Durant downgraded. SEGMENT 2: Winning the little battles. SEGMENT 3: What to watch for in Game 3. Everydayer ClubIf you never miss an episode, it’s time to make it official. Join the Locked On Everydayer Club and get ad-free audio, access to our members-only Discord, and more — all built for our most loyal fans. Click here to learn more and join your team’s community: https://lockedonpodcasts.com/everydayerclub Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! 5-Hour ENERGYGet candy-flavored chaos with Fruity Rainbow 5-hour ENERGY®️ Shots - available online at https://5hourENERGY.com or Amazon PrizePicksDownload the PrizePicks app today and use codeLOCKEDONNFL to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup.Click Here: https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/LOCKEDONNBA IndeedListeners of this show get a $75 Sponsored Job Credit to help give your job the premium placement it deserves at http://Indeed.com/podcast GametimeToday's episode is brought to you by Gametime. Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDON for $20 off your first purchase. Terms and conditions apply. FanDuelToday's episode is brought to you by FanDuel.Right now new customers can bet just five dollars and get two-hundred and fifty dollars in bonus bets if your first bet wins.Visit https://FANDUEL.COMto get started — Play Your Game. FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN)

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0:00.0	Austin Reeves upgraded to questionable for Friday's game three.
0:05.0	We'll tell you why the best news about that may not be what you think next.
0:15.6	You are Locked on Lakers.
0:18.1	Your daily Los Angeles Lakers podcast, part of the Locked-on Podcast Network,
0:23.8	your team every day.
0:28.0	Thanks to everyone for making Locked-on Lakers, your first listen of Every Day,
0:33.0	joining us as we get ready for game three, Brian Kamenetsky. Andy Kamenetsky, the big news, Andy, on Thursday afternoon as we get ready for Friday,
0:45.3	the Lakers practicing in El-Sugundo before they hop on the plane to Houston, is that Austin
0:51.6	Reeves has been recategorizedorized and he's been upgraded from
0:57.4	out to questionable actually went he by he bypass doubtful entirely said forget that don't need it
1:06.7	doesn't matter uh i'm going straight to questionable. And whether or not he actually plays, we'll see.
1:15.0	But the fact that the Lakers felt comfortable enough to give him even that designation
1:21.4	certainly is a positive sign if not for game three,
1:27.4	even if not for game four. It certainly indicates that he's
1:30.5	going to play game five, game six, game seven, if necessary, whatever that turns out to be.
1:36.6	I was going to say, you're assuming there will be, Brian, a game seven and a game six and a game
1:42.6	five, which at this point just feels like crazy talk.
1:45.9	But I would honestly, I'd be kind of floored if Austin played Friday, game three.
1:51.7	Like I believe that would put in like a week ahead of schedule.
1:56.1	And the context, the lake.
1:57.8	A week ahead of schedule as like the earliest you, you know,
2:01.2	you would expect somebody to come back.
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