After a strong 3-0 start to the season, the Los Angeles Lakers now find themselves at .500 thanks to going just 1-4 on their five-game road trip. Austin Reaves was solid throughout most of the trip, providing good offensive output for the most part, though he also had some tough matchups defensively.
Regardless of Reaves’ individual performances, however, the Lakers as a whole were not up to par, especially over the final couple games of the road trip being outworked by both the Detroit Pistons and Memphis Grizzlies. Head coach JJ Redick had a message to the Lakers following the loss to the Grizzlies, and Reaves agreed with his coach, feeling that they failed to execute the game plans laid out to them.