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“What Am I Supposed to Do?” – Austin Reaves on Guarding Kevin Durant

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Austin Reaves and the Lakers had no answer for Suns’ star Kevin Durant last night, especially in the second quarter. The Suns defeated the Lakers 123-100 in each team’s final preseason game.

In Durant’s first game against LeBron James since 2018, he finished with 21 points, four rebounds and two assists. Durant missed his first six shots of the game, but made his last eight to finish 8-of-14 from the floor. Sixteen of his points came in the second quarter.

Reaves and Durant only met one time before, on Nov.