Lakers guard Austin Reaves is still considered day-to-day due to his left heel bruise, but he won’t suit up against Phoenix on Sunday, as Dave McMenamin of ESPN relays. After suffering the injury on Wednesday, Reaves didn’t take part in practice on Saturday, McMenamin writes, with head coach JJ Redick telling reporters that the standout guard is staying off his feet as much as possible to allow the injury to heal.

Meanwhile, Collin Sexton is listed as questionable to play on Sunday vs. the Suns due to a right orbital laceration, but he said on Saturday that he expects to play. According to McMenamin, Sexton plans to wear protective goggles after requiring stitches above his right eye.

We have more from around the Pacific:

• Before facing his old team for the first time on Thursday, Hornets wing Grayson Allen admitted he was “very” surprised that the Suns traded him to Charlotte during the offseason as part of a package for Miles Bridges, writes Duane Rankin of The Arizona Republic. Allen went on to explain that he expected Phoenix to opt for continuity after exceeding expectations in 2025/26, though he acknowledged that the team did keep essentially all of its rotation players from last season besides him and Royce O’Neale. “Yeah, I was just kind of going off what I felt like the message to the team was, but there wasn’t that much (change),” Allen said. “It was really just two guys. It wasn’t a huge change, I guess.”
• Having traded away James Harden, Ivica Zubac, and Kawhi Leonard within the past year, the Clippers are building around a younger core, but 38-year-old center Brook Lopez continues to play a key role both on and off the court for the organization, according to Janis Carr of The Orange County Register. Lopez, who is averaging 14.7 points and 5.4 rebounds in 24.1 minutes per game while shooting 56.1% from the floor, has impressed his younger teammates with his professionalism and work ethic. “He’s been great for us,” Darius Garland said. “It’s crazy to say this, that he is (nearly) 40 and playing this high of a level. … It’s incredible to see and I tip my hat off to him every night because he comes in here prepared and ready to go literally every day.” Lopez is on a $9.2MM expiring contract and will be an unrestricted free agent in 2027.
• Losing is taking its toll on the 1-11 Kings, especially on rookie guard Darius Acuff Jr., who has never played on a team that has struggled to this extent, writes Devon Henderson of The Athletic. Still, Kings guard Malik Monk insists that the locker room hasn’t become toxic amid the club’s poor start. “We all like each other,” Monk said on Friday. “(Staying positive is) not something hard to do. If we didn’t like each other, I feel like we’d be down. Practice would be terrible, no energy, but we like each other.”