Most are pointing to the Los Angeles Lakers’ failures at the free throw line in the fourth quarter as the reason for their loss to the Orlando Magic on Thursday night. Austin Reaves missed two and LeBron James missed one in the final minutes, but it was Anthony Davis missing 3-of-4 in the final 27 seconds that kept the door open for the Magic to steal the win on a game-winning triple from Franz Wagner.
It was an obviously frustrating loss for the Lakers and their first home defeat of the year. After the game, Reaves didn’t have any explanation on why the Lakers missed those free throws.