Los Angeles Lakers' Austin Reaves has become a key player, defying stereotypes as a white athlete in the NBA. Reaves acknowledges the stigma, using it as motivation. LeBron James and Luka Doncic ...

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Austin Reaves has unlocked a new level of play for the Lakers this season. There were questions about whether he would be able to thrive after the team acquired Luka Doncic, but he has only gone ...

Reaves finished Wednesday's 112-97 win over the Mavericks with 11 points (4-10 FG, 1-5 3Pt, 2-2 FT), four rebounds, four assists and one steal in 38 minutes. Reaves took a backseat to Luka Doncic ...

But Austin Reaves didn't show any signs of nerves when he emerged for his pregame shootaround. He laughed with members of the Lakers' staff. He jokingly joined fans in cheering on LeBron James.

Austin Reaves: 18p (6-8)/4a. Luka Doncic: 16p(5-8)/4a. Dorian Finney-Smith: 12p(4-4). LeBron James: 11p(2-7)/4r/3a. – 9:12 PM Austin Reaves has been brilliant on offense early, now 4 for 4 with ...

Ziaire Williams is Exhibit A. A lottery pick in 2021 and a salary dump last summer, the 23-year-old Williams is finally starting to come into his own as a player on the court because he’s ...

That's why the success of Los Angeles Lakers undrafted fourth-year veteran guard Austin Reaves is so much more impressive. With the arrival of Luka Doncic, Reaves could have been excused for ...

Austin Reaves scored 20 points and LeBron James ... Tosan Evbuomwan had 12 and Ziaire Williams 11. Battle had all of his points in the first half, while Mogbo scored 11 in the second half for ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Luka Doncic scored 30 points and the Los Angeles Lakers routed the league-leading Oklahoma City Thunder 126-99 on Sunday. Austin Reaves scored 20 points and LeBron James added 19 ...