Jarred Vanderbilt is considered questionable for Game 3 of the Lakers’ second-round series against the Thunder today, ESPN’s Dave McMenamin tweets. Vanderbilt suffered a gruesome right finger dislocation during the first half of Game 1 while attempting to block a Chet Holmgren shot.

The veteran forward averaged 3.6 points and 4.4 rebounds in 13.4 minutes per game against Houston during the first round. Vanderbilt was benched during the decisive Game 6 after playing just six minutes in Game 5.

The Lakers used an eight-man rotation until garbage time in Game 2 with Luke Kennard, Jaxson Hayes and Jake LaRavia coming off the bench.

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• One positive development in Game 2 was Austin Reaves‘ output. He shot just 3-for-16 from the field in Game 1; in Game 2, Reaves scored 31 points and added six assists. “That’s what we need Austin to be,” guard Luke Kennard said, per Thuc Nhi Nguyen of the Los Angeles Times. “Even though he missed some shots last game, he was aggressive and he just got back into it. … I know a lot of people can think it’s easy to just come back and play a basketball game but at this level, what he’s done last series and now, it’s impressive. We need him to continue to be aggressive. He’s such a good teammate, easy to play with. It’s good to see him have a really good game and, hopefully gives him confidence going into the next one.”
• Kennard has been playing through neck soreness for several weeks, Khobi Price of the California Post tweets. He was on the injury report for Game 2 but wasn’t listed on Game’s 3 status report. He finished with 10 points in 26 minutes in Game 2.
• Forget about it, the season’s over, Los Angeles Times Bill Plaschke opines. The Thunder dominated the Lakers in the regular season and nothing has changed in the first two games. Without Luka Doncic, they had no chance to pull off a series upset. Doncic shouldn’t even consider coming back from his hamstring injury at this point, as the series is a lost cause, Plaschke concludes.