Austin Reaves, Nets and LeBron James
At least this time, the Nets showed some heart. But they had it broken, falling 102-101 to the Lakers, aided by some endgame heroics from LeBron James.
Austin Reaves scored a career-high 38 points, LeBron James had 29 and the Los Angeles Lakers held on to beat the Brooklyn Nets 102-101.
Brooklyn Nets guard D'Angelo Russell discussed trying to move on from the tenure with the Los Angeles Lakers before he dropped 19 points.
My success as a team is more successful than LeBron. I got six rings. Patrick Bet-David: Okay, so then if I talk to an NBA owner and I want to find an all-around player to be my
D’Angelo Russell, facing the Lakers for the first time since last month’s trade, was sharp off the bench and kept the Nets in striking distance throughout the night.
The Clippers have their own home and are forging a new identity, but can Intuit Dome handle two teams showing up in their vehicles? It was a problem before.
New Lakers big man Trey Jemison was a little disappointed in himself after his debut with the team against the Nets.
The Lakers will face the Clippers for the first time on Sunday since the latter moved to their own building, the Intuit Dome.
The 'Battle of LA' headlines the series of Sunday NBA matchups as the LA Lakers head to the Intuit Dome to take on crosstown rivals, the LA Clippers.
Once the home city of the Los Angeles Lakers for 32 seasons and six NBA championships, the team returns to Inglewood, Calif., on Sunday, this time as the visitor.
It doesn't look like the Lakers will be adding this player at the trade deadline, despite some interest from LA.