Kevin Durant to miss elimination game for the Houston Rockets after latest injury

[p]The [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/los-angeles-lakers/ngegZ8bg/"]Lakers[/a] lead the best-of-seven Western Conference series 3-1 after failing to polish off a first-round sweep in game four on Sunday.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/durant-kevin/pKXcd9rI/"]Durant[/a], 37, missed games three and four with a sprained ankle suffered in game two - his first appearance in the series after he sat out the opener with a bruised knee.[/p][p]The [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/houston-rockets/Sr9PQALP/"]Rockets[/a] are trying to become the first NBA team in history to rally from 0-3 down to win a playoff series.[/p][embed guid="eacf5c5b-0550-47ff-a46f-9e7abcc15c8f" url="https://x.com/ESPNNBA/status/2049283061745926463?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]They led the entire second half in game four, but the Lakers are hoping they'll have offensive standout [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/austin-reaves/xlCMu1nk/"]Austin Reaves[/a] back from injury for game five.[/p][p]Reaves was listed as questionable for games three and four with an oblique muscle injury but after warming up before each game didn't play.[/p][p]"[b]I want to get back out there as fast as I can,[/b]" Reaves said Tuesday in his first comments to reporters since he was injured on April 2. "[b]But like I said, I feel good and trending in the right direction and can't wait to wake up tomorrow and attack another day.[/b]"[/p][p]Reaves was injured in the same game that saw Lakers star [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/doncic-luka/pQ4ZBK0o/"]Luka Doncic[/a], the NBA's leading scorer, limp out with a left hamstring injury that has sidelined him since.[/p]