Austin Reaves had a career-high 38 points on Friday night and the Los Angeles Lakers needed every bit of it to escape with a 102-101 win over the Brooklyn Nets.
Reaves did most of his scoring in the second half to keep the Lakers out in front. With Anthony Davis out of the lineup, someone other than LeBron James needed to step up and it was Reaves.
Despite the Lakers only winning by one though, Reaves was just happy that his career night came in a victory.
“Yeah, I mean, kind of like we talked about on the way over here, wasn’t a pretty game,” Reaves admitted.