It's a big game for Lakers fans as they're hopeful to have LeBron James and Rui Hachimura finally return from injury. However, LeBron and Hachimura aren't the only ones listed on the injury report, Luka Doncic is as well.

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.

Los Angeles Lakers point guard Luka Dončić will miss Thursday's game against the Milwaukee Bucks so he can "manage a sprained right ankle," per ESPN's Dave McMenamin. Dončić was previously ruled out for last Friday's matchup at the Denver Nuggets due to left calf injury management and a right ankle sprain.

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