The health of Los Angeles Lakers starting shooting guard Austin Reaves was the only gloomy element in an otherwise dominant first half for LA against the Toronto Raptors on Friday night.

The 6-foot-2 swingman appeared to collide on his knees with Toronto sophomore guard Gradey Dick — as ESPN’s Dave McMenamin notes, it’s the same knee he hit during LA’s 134-110 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday. According to Jovan Buha of The Athletic, Reaves left the Lakers bench and headed to the team’s locker room before the end of the first half.

Reaves is currently the Lakers’ third-leading scorer through two quarters. In just 14:13, he scored 13 points on 4-for-6 shooting from the field and a team-high 5-for-6 shooting from the charity stripe. Reaves has also dished out four dimes, pulled down one rebound and made a steal.

So far the Lakers are destroying Toronto.

Los Angeles got off to an epic 76-51 first-half start against a banged-up Raptors club. The Lakers enjoy huge advantages in field goal conversion rate (62 percent to Toronto’s 39 percent), three-pointers made (5 of 12 to the Raptors’ 2 of 14), rebounds (25-19) and points in the paint (44-32).

All-NBA superstars LeBron James and Anthony Davis showed off their underrated two-man game with some impressive sequences.

Davis currently leads the Lakers with 19 points on 8-for-10 shooting from the field and 3-for-4 shooting from the foul line, eight rebounds, two assists, two steals and two blocks. James has already registered 18 points on 7-for-11 shooting from the floor (3-for-5 from long range) and 1-for-2 shooting from the foul line, five assists, two rebounds and one steal.

has already recorded 18 points on 7-for-11 shooting from the floor (3-for-5 from long range) and 1-for-2 shooting from the foul line, five assists, two rebounds and one steal.

Given how well this game is going, it might be appropriate for first-year Los Angeles head coach JJ Redick to sit Reaves out of the second half of the game as a precaution. LA probably doesn’t need him to beat this injury-depleted Raptors team. Toronto is missing All-Star forward Scottie Barnes, veteran center Kelly Olynyk and guard Immanuel Quickley, among others.

Gradey Dick leads the Raptors with 14 points on 6-of-16 shooting from the field.

UPDATE:

Buha reports that Reaves has been checked by team doctors and given the green light to prepare for the second half of the match.

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