[Highlight] Austin Reaves with the game-winner buzzer-beater to win the game for the Lakers!
Dude has had a heck of a week
Not to mention that the guys he does have are pretty questionable.
Laravia went ham tonight. Lakers gave players that can get going. Just streaky.
Went WHAT?! š²
Not that kind of ham. Opposite of hands in pockets.
Not to mention he performs every single time he’s the 1st option.
Yea who needs Luka or Lebron? Should just trade ‘em.
Hes going to have a hell of a year. Fk a week
Is he due for an extension? If so heās going to get paid.
Yeah
Unfortunately yes
Nahhh he deserves it for holding this down
Not saying he doesn’t deserve it but going from \(20m to \)40m is going to hurt cap wise
He’s making just under 14m. Last year, he made just under 13m.
As John Malkovich once said, “Pay that man his money.”
Greatest week for a white boy in a good bit
Joker? Every week pretty much.
Opened the season with 4 straight triple doubles. Had one ‘bad game:’ 21-13-10 on poor shooting.
Change to white American and you might be right.
He’s been improving every season honestly. It’s going to be fun to watch this Lakers roster when they’re fully healthy
I take back all my AR slander from last playoffs
Bro was injured- same injury sidelining garland toe injury which is brutal for quick shifty guarfs. If he wasnāt Iād get the slander but come on some people taking it too far recently
HOLY SHIT LMAO
This was a a hell of a game even without LeBron, Luka and Ant.
20 point comeback late only to lose on a buzzer beater is a brutal loss haha
2-0 against them early might be important later in seeding too
What a difference having a playable center makes
Hayes had 5 fouls in 12 minutes of playtime.
Refs hate bro, I don’t even blame him for it anymore. He could stand flat footed with his hands straight up for 15 minutes and he’d still foul out.
They even called a foul on bones drive. JJ had to challenge to save bro as it was clear offensive foul. They do hate him (can understand why though)
FR wth are with those fouls?
Thatās always been his problem, and why we couldnāt play him in the playoffs. He regularly fouls out in like 10 minutes of play. Heās terrible at not fouling people in the post and gets called for moving screens all the time. Heās ok as like an energy guy for a couple of lobs, but you gotta get him off the floor cus heās a foul machine
Not just playable, heās been legit great. Heās engaged, heās having fun, I hope he can do this all year and we can keep him for a long time.
I wanna die
I accepted that we were gonna lose. I said to myself āat least I watched a great comeback.ā Then Austin happened.
I am dead inside.Ā
AR has been on a Linsanity type run since Lukaās injury lol
Na donāt start that shit. Brother has been on the come up for a while.
The disrespect is insane heās been that guy for years
28 points and 16 assists on an off night.
he did that while being exhausted
The defense from Div and McDaniels was exhausting. At least he made the right passes.
Along with their defense he also is the only legit ball handler we have. He also played 40 min and got picked up full court almost all game. Unreal
Yup, this is AR with the best defenders of a good playoff team focusing only on him. Imagine with Luka, LeBron, and Smart back.
Yeah, the type of defenders MIN and POR were throwing on him over the last couple games is crazy.
If there are any doubters thinking he can’t be a legit #1 or #2 option, there’s certainly less of them than last week.
If either Smart or Vincent were in against POR then I think the Lakers take that game too
With Luka, Bron, Gabe, and Smart all hurt there is legitimately no reliable backup ball handler lol. I canāt imagine how exhausted he must be, he has to handle 100% of all offensive responsibilities
28 is pretty good
16 assists insane
That happens when Jake LaRavia goes for 27 on 10⁄11. Not to mention 8⁄11 for Ayton. 7⁄11 Rui. 7⁄12 Knecht
On only 3 TOs, too. As the only real primary ball-handler available for them.
Austin Reaves is him holy shit
Always has been
A Celtics fan supporting a white Lakers player somehow seems racist
I donāt care if youāre white, black or purple, we just like rooting for those hard working guys, sneaky athletic types. Reaves is one of the good Lakers
Fantastic ragebait
Genius tier comment.
Real lunch pale content
I donāt care if youāre white, black or purple
A true classic you don’t get to hear as much these days since the conservatives don’t have to pretend not to be racist anymore
Reaves is one of the good Lakers
Lmao ššš
Real lunch pail typa guy, real classy.
First one in, last one out
First one in last one out of the gym type of guy
Bro lmao
Thisā¦this comment is mind fucking me
LMFAO
There’s a reason he’s had the nickname hillbilly kobe, it wasn’t given lightly
Reaves is just that guy that you got confidence his next shot is always going in
Austintacious
Yeah, Reaves is getting maxxed this offseasonĀ
He giving the lakers a discount 100%
Homie gonna be picking trash up at Santa Monica Pier for Aspirations 2.0.
OG lemon daddy doesnāt need a fake endorsement deal
No, he has a lot of leverage and should (and will) use it.
Basically he can scare them into walking for nothing unless they lock him into a 5 year max extension before July 1st.
He has repeatedly said he wants to be a laker for life and that all he cares about is winning a championship.
Best way to do that is to take a discount. Itās not like he aināt gonna make it back in sponsorship regardless.
Let the kid get paid. Lebron will sit half this season and still demand 50 million+. Dude’s been paid every single available dollar for 23 years. Lebron should take a lot less. He’ll somehow figure out how to get by for 35⁄40 million instead of 50.
are the lakers really going to resign lebron after this year? lebron doesn’t seem like the guy to take a 20 million discount i don’t see how or why the lakers would resign him for 40 mil
Heās 100% not coming back. Walter is too smart for that.
Hope he doesn’t. We already got him cheap and he deserves all of it
He could be the #1 on a playoff team.
Let’s relax
Nah kids nice.
Not saying he’s right, but if the money tied up on Luka and Bron were used for pieces around Reaves, it’s not that crazy if you consider what we’ve seen him do when both Luka and Bron are not playing.
We should still relax, but he’s ballin lol.
Lets relax but heās def taken a leap
Oooooh that white boy is nice
Hillbilly Kobe
AR51
White Mamba
We got the 2 coldest white bois in the leagueā¦ and Luka š„¹
Forgetting JJ?
His playoff performance made him underrated it looks like
Dealing with a turf toe
A injury that retires NFL guys by the way. Burrow is one of the toughest QBs in the league and Turf Toe took him down.
only last year, which he was hurt
He’s the white Manu Ginobili!
Scoring wasn’t there. Still had 28 and 16 and the game winner.
Went from it’s so over, we need Luka back ASAP to we’re so back, Austin Reaves MVP
Hes averaging 36/7/8.5 rn just so yall know, hes arguably been the best offensive player in the entire league so far
It won’t last all season but this is what he looks like as a 1st option. Does it everytime hes called up for it
He’s like a shaved James Harden
AI without the sleeve
Luka but black.
Dumb ass Kenny saying it came outta nowhere like he didnāt drop a 40 point triple double on the pacers last season
I really need to see him as a 1st option for a season lol
Might not be a great team but Iām legit thinking heās somewhere around 26-30 ppg
Consistently. At this point I just expect it
The crazy thing also is that itās not just LeBron and Luka. Damn near half the team is injured and Austin is carrying this team.
Dude fucking around and might accidentally find himself on the All-Star team
damn that boi gon get paid and speedrun Bron’s retirement
Somebody tell Dennis Schroder this is how you DONT fumble the bag when you turn down a contract extension
Gotta get Luka back though, Austin needs a decent second option
Stop the counts stop the season and heās mvp for sure lol
BRO HE IS HIM
He’s a charizard now
You know he yelled āKobe!ā when he shot that.
Harry youāre a charizard now
Maybe people will stop underrating him now. Itās absurd how people have undervalued him.
It’s actually so crazy that they were able to keep Reaves in the Luka trade.
Mavs could use a Reaves right now (well they could use Luka most of all.)
“defense wins championships” lmao
mind you, Reaves was never in the trade conversation. it was AD, Max Christie, Dalton and 2 firsts. then Nico got talk-no-jutsu-ed by Pelinker to remove Dalton and a first from the convo coz Luka fat and might not resign with the Lakers lmfao
AUSTIN YOUāRE HIM
Cant believe Nico really gave Austin a second option as good as Luka
you just lost to the hospital lakers
Bronnie got minutes in the first quarter
that is stunning
what is more stunning is he was the Lakers player with the highest +/- in the game. Only Lakers guy that played that didn’t shoot a shot lmao. albeit only 5mins, but it was mostly with non starters in.
They actually good.
Nico couldn’t trade for him lmao
As Anthony Davis leaves the game tonight holding his Achilles
Man I feel so bad for AD. He didnāt ask for that trade, and now heās a part of some sort of karmic retribution or curse against Nico. I hope he balls out again one day, but it is also very funny to see Nicoās vision for the Mavs disintegrating immediately
heād be the best player for them right now if he was traded there, since kyrie & AD are out
Maybe Kyrie and AD wouldnāt even be out
A game-winner like that is so special man.
Usually you would have players taking a jumper from middy or 3 but to split the PnR and end up with a floater as a game winner is so good.
Into somewhere between triple- and quadruple coverage
Austin Reaves get ready to learn 5YR/$200M
Underpaid
Lakers should give Reaves one of those Shohei deals where they defer the payments for the next 20 years.
ask him to plant some trees
YOU JUST GOT SAUCETINED
Taylor Swift boutta leave Kelce for AR I cant believe it
Sauce-tin reaves kinda goes hard
Fuck me manĀ
Good try in the 4th. Had me pulling my hair out until AR hit the game-winner
Thought we were done-zo after that Randle 2 but I always forget that AR is HIM.
Nah was never over man. My son said āRandle just won itā Iām like dude. You play basketball š ten seconds is an eternity.
AR’s revenge game for shooting bricks against you guys in the playoffs
He shot 9-24 tonight lol still could be considered bricks, but he drew the fouls and dished out 16 assists. Ā Heās grown as a playmaker immensely.
100% an all star and all nba player.
I definitely doubted him. But this dude is him Jesus Christ
Okc fans love him in the chat it seems
Okc fans love home grown talents.
Itās crazy the Lakers pulled Reaves and Alex Caruso. Are they the two best undrafted players of the last decade?
He played at OU. Iām not overreacting and Iāve been a fan of reeves for years š
Dude is fucking exhausted but had one more left in him. What a fucking baller.
Imagine losing to the g league lakers
Our skeleton crew almost sold that shit man. Rui was also a big issue in the 4th
They was all gassed I think they all played most of the 4th
Sloppy defense by gobert
Yea that was awful defensive coverage on that screen
I canāt really grasp how he allowed him to split them, like, 6 on the clock, if he gets outside and hits the 3 fine, now opening the lane being Gobert is crazy, Iām not mad tho
Saucetin Himothy Reaves can split me whenever he wants
He thought AR was gonna try to dance on him like Luka does.
To his credit he was stopping the pick and roll the whole last stretch when we were in a drought. Can’t be perfect every time
is this… rationality?
Both him and McDaniels, awful communication and even the fight for the screen was awful
Just awful overall getting split like that
Rudy Gobert doing the cha cha slide while his team loses in horrendous fashion, pretty sure Iāve seen this before
Every fucking yearĀ
He coulda closed out the drive but that would have left an open 3 or an elbow jumper open. Guess what im saying is Jaden has to go under the screen and take away the drive if Rudy is covering high. Probably blame equally on Rudy, Jaden and Coach Finch
Lakers have AR and Luka for the next 10 years , thanks Nico
Luka smiling at home watching gobert getting cooked at the top of the key
Austin “Only has good stats because he plays with 2 superstars” Reaves
The best part about reaves, by far, is how much his team loves him
i think its hilarious u kids talking shit about Reaves. u wouldnt say this shit to him at brunch, hes jacked. not only that but he wears the freshest clothes, eats at the chillest restaurants and hangs out with the hottest dudes. yall are pathetic lol
Can’t believe a copypasta gassing up Semphis from the Cloud9 CSGO team made it this far man. Tears in my eyes.
I hate Rudy so muchĀ
I mean his defense was pretty crucial for you guys coming back
Itās the same thing in the mavs series, he does his job well most of the game? but one or two plays where he gets cooked by a guard in the 4th then people shit on him
Tbf his defense made the comeback possible
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AR gonna laugh his way to a max contract this year
Fucking hell man, lol
AR15!!!
y’all said Austin Legacy Week.
#EASY FRONTRUNNER FOR MVP RIGHT NOW!!
STOP THE COUNT
WHITE BOY!
BLEACHED GOAT
this is AR’s team now
The curse of a good coach. JJ is pissed regardless of the outcome there. lmao.
MVP so far this season
That white boy cold as fuck….
That was awesome lol. Great setup and great shot. For the time being, this is reaves team.
The worst game of the season for him and still put up 28 and 16 with a game winner š
So glad he wasn’t included in the Luka trade
Damn that got a hurt knowing he provides what the Mavs lack at guard
Trade Lebron and Luka build around Reaves
16 Assist, game winner
200 million incoming
Minnesota donāt be sad. After the dodgers choking we needed this win.
Gobert is a bald fraud
THIS MAN MAKING WHITE BOY WINTER COLD
THIS MAN WENT UNDRAFTED AND NICO DIDNT ASK FOR HIM! FIRE NICO!
AR had 16 assists and only 3 TOs and was literally the only guy who could play point on the team. Thatās pretty fucking good right there.Ā
Honestly, not subbing out Gobert is crazy to me in these situations
AR is one bad motherfker
This season has been a joy to watch alreadyĀ