LeBron James absent and Anthony Davis discreet, it was Austin Reaves who was the savior of the Lakers against the Magic.
The substitute thus broke his career record in scoring with 35 points at 9/14 in shooting, causing opposing faults (16/18 in free throws) while distributing 6 assists and taking 6 rebounds.
Above all, it was he who recovered the ball in the “money-time”, by registering the 10 points of the Lakers in the last 90 seconds of the match. Enough to dominate the Magic 10-5 alone…
A kid’s dream
“Every time I step onto the pitch, I play with a sense of urgency and leave everything on the pitch. Because that’s how I feel basketball should be played.” he explains as well, while he received outright “MVPs, MVPs” from Crypto.com Arena fans. “Having them recognize what I’m doing, even though I’m obviously not an MVP because those guys are very strong, that means a lot to me. »
On social media, it was LeBron James who sang his praises, and Anthony Davis did it live.
“He carried us tonight. We know what we have with Austin” detail the interior. “He’s very confident and that’s how he played for us tonight.”
It was well worth a little shower during the post-match interview…
” It is special “ concludes the hero of the night. “I mean, I grew up being a Lakers fan. And to be able to do all that for this club is crazy. Sometimes I really have to stop to think about everything that’s happening to me. But tonight, what really matters is the victory. »
| Austin Reaves | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Crew | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2021-22 | ALL | 61 | 23 | 45.9 | 31.7 | 83.9 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 7.3 |
| 2022-23 | ALL | 53 | 28 | 51.3 | 38.3 | 85.1 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 11.6 |
| Total | 114 | 25 | 48.9 | 35.1 | 84.6 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 9.3 | |
