The Lakers treading water without Anthony Davis has been an impressive feat in its own right over the last month. That the back half of that stretch has also come without Lonnie Walker IV and Austin Reaves — two of the team’s five best players through the first half of the season — adds to the improbability of them being on the fringes of the playoff race still.
Davis’ return was been forecast over the last two to three weeks and we’ll have more on that in a moment, but Reaves also appears set to return to the lineup.