Certain players throughout the NBA just have an ability to understand the stage and moment and really step their game up in those times. For the Los Angeles Lakers on Christmas Day, the two players who understood that assignment were LeBron James and Austin Reaves.
With Anthony Davis leaving the game early with a sprained ankle, the pressure was on James and Reaves to carry the Lakers and they did just that. LeBron finished with 31 points and 10 assists while Reaves had a 26-point triple-double and hit the game-winning layup with one second left for the win over the Golden State Warriors.