The Mavericks pushed back against Lakers coach JJ Redick’s claim that they mishandled Austin Reaves’ MRI, Christian Clark of The Athletic reports.

Reaves had an MRI on his left oblique/rib area Saturday before Sunday’s game in Dallas after being injured Thursday against Oklahoma City.

Redick told reporters that Reaves needed a second MRI because the initial scan didn’t target the correct area.

“I don’t know where the chain of command lies with Dallas imaging, but they scanned the wrong area,” Redick said. “Not on our end. We made it explicit what was supposed to be scanned, but they scanned the wrong area.”

Dallas responded with an official statement denying any mistake in the imaging process.

“Our medical team followed standard imaging protocols based on the information provided at the time,” the statement read. “There was no error in the scan performed.”

Reaves was later diagnosed with a Grade 2 oblique strain and is expected to miss four to six weeks.

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