LeBron James lavished praise on Austin Reaves' "beautiful" showing after a game-winning performance in their 102-101 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Friday. (More Sports News)
Reaves scored a career-high 38 points in the game, dragging the Los Angeles Lakers over the line to go 22-17, which has them sixth in the Western Conference
LeBron James lavished praise on Austin Reaves' "beautiful" showing after a game-winning performance in their 102-101 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Friday. (More Sports News)
Reaves scored a career-high 38 points in the game, dragging the Los Angeles Lakers over the line to go 22-17, which has them sixth in the Western Conference.
The performance came against a Nets team that had D'Angelo Russell playing in it, having been traded from the Lakers earlier in the season after Reaves had beaten him to the spot in the Los Angeles team.
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바카라Literally running with it. And I love every moment that he바카라s given the opportunity to go out and showcase his talent with the best players in the world and he바카라s showing every night that he belongs. It바카라s a beautiful thing to see.바카라
Russell himself had the chance to win the game for the Nets, following a run of Reaves misses in the final two minutes, but he was not able to convert his three-point attempt.
Despite Reaves' performance, the game itself was a difficult one for the Lakers who had just come off a 59-point defeat to the Los Angeles Clippers.
Coach JJ Redick was unhappy with how things went, especially from a defensive point of view. When asked about the performance, he said: "We weren't very good tonight."
James and Reaves scored 25 of their team's 30 points inside the fourth quarter, with the latter suggesting that they just did what had to be done in the circumstances.
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바카라So, me and Bron had a conversation at center court: 바카라Just figure out a way to win the game.바카라 We know it hasn바카라t been pretty.
"We know we바카라ve made a lot of mistakes, but a win in the win column doesn바카라t matter if it바카라s [by] one or 60. It바카라s a win. And that바카라s all that matters.바카라