Los Angeles Lakers star Luka Doncic will not play Thursday night against the visiting Milwaukee Bucks for injury maintenance and will be joined on the sideline by starting guard Austin Reaves. Doncic,

Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves are sitting out with right ankle sprains when the Lakers host the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night in Los Angeles' sixth game in eight days. The Lakers announced the decision to rest Doncic and Reaves alongside fellow injured starters LeBron James and Rui Hachimura about six hours before tipoff against the Bucks.

In the Lakers’ sixth game in eight days, Doncic, Reaves, Dorian Finney-Smith and Jarred Vanderbilt join LeBron James and Rui Hachimura on the sidelines for Thursday’s home game.