The Los Angeles Lakers have been playing their best basketball of late and looked to keep it going on Saturday afternoon when they hosted the Indiana Pacers.
JJ Redick’s team was significantly shorthanded, however, missing LeBron James, Luka Doncic and Mark Williams. That didn’t matter though as Austin Reaves led them to a 124-117 victory to improve to 31-19 on the year.
Reaves, who came into the game questionable due to an elbow contusion, got the scoring started for the Lakers with a reverse layup. He then had a four-point play and Gabe Vincent, who started in the place of James, also connected from deep to give L.