Austin Reaves and the Los Angeles Lakers got off to a poor start against the Detroit Pistons on Monday night and were never able to recover. They went down by as many as 20 in the first half and while they fought back to cut the deficit to five, the result was a 115-103 los to fall to 4-3 on the season.
If the Lakers are gonna compete in a loaded Western Conference this season, then they can’t take any game for granted, especially against inferior opponents.
With that being the case, Reaves called his team out for their lack of effort in the first half while also praising the Pistons for their play, as seen on Spectrum SportsNet:
“I just don’t think we competed hard enough in the first half.