Lakers Win Their Seventh Straight in Milwaukee, but Austin Reaves Leaves With a Heel Injury and Luka Dončić Rolls an Ankle

By The Arena Staff

MILWAUKEE, Nov. 11, 2026 — The Los Angeles Lakers got the win they were supposed to get in Milwaukee. What they'll be thinking about on the flight home is the training room.

Los Angeles beat the Bucks 123-112 on Wednesday night at Fiserv Forum for its seventh straight victory, moving to 11-2, according to Bleacher Report. But Austin Reaves left midway through the third quarter with a left heel injury and didn't return, and Luka Dončić headed to the locker room late in the fourth after rolling his right ankle, Yahoo Sports reported.

Reaves was rolling before he got hurt. He had 18 points, five assists, three rebounds and three steals in 25 minutes, Sportsnet reported, and came in averaging 25.3 points a game. Yahoo Sports said he limped back on defense after a Lakers turnover and subbed himself out at the end of Milwaukee's next possession. The Lakers later ruled him out, and the nature and extent of the injury weren't immediately clear.

Dončić's scare came with the game already decided. He landed on Kyle Kuzma's foot after hitting an and-one 3-pointer and stayed down in pain for several moments, Yahoo Sports reported. He got up, made the free throw and then left for the locker room with the Lakers ahead 114-90 and 4:23 to play. He finished with 32 points, five rebounds, five assists and five 3-pointers in 32 minutes, per the NBA.com box score.

Sandro Mamukelashvili gave Los Angeles a lift off the bench with 23 points and five 3s. Tyler Herro led Milwaukee with 27 points and seven assists, and Jaime Jaquez Jr. added 25.

For the Bucks, the loss was their eighth in a row and dropped them to 1-11. That matches the 1974-75 team, which opened 1-11 for the worst start in franchise history, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. That 1974-75 club played its first 16 games without an injured Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. This one is playing its first season since trading Giannis Antetokounmpo.

The Lakers' next game is Sunday at Phoenix, where the first question will be who is available.

Sourcing: Yahoo Sports, Bleacher Report, Sportsnet, the NBA.com box score and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.