Austin Reaves Shocks LeBron James and stirred up unforgettable reaction at Crypto Arena
The guard, decisive in the victory against the Magic, grew up in a small town in Arkansas and reached the NBA after not being drafted
He plays shooting guard for the Lakers and just had the game of his life: scoring 35 points in the pivotal 111-105 win over the Magic. In the absence of the injured LeBron James and with just a normal performance from Anthony Davis, his were the last 10 points for his team. It was a great evening of’Kobe paleto’ .
Thus, ‘Hillbilly Kobe’, he was nicknamed by an assistant coach at the University of Oklahoma for his offensive ability. The boy who grew up playing baseball discovered basketball thanks to his brother Spencer, three years older, who played for Juaristi of the EBA and Tizona Burgos of the LEB Oro after moving to Germany, where he currently plays for Brose Bamberg. . Austin soon began to demonstrate his basketball skills, inherited from his parents. His mother averaged 21.3 points in her career at Arkansas State University and his father is the third-highest assistant in the institution’s history.
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Reaves finished with a career-high 35 points in 30 minutes off the bench, and he added six rebounds and six assists in the win. The 24-year-old shot 9-of-14 from the field and lived at the free-throw line, going 16-of-18 from the charity stripe.
The scoring outburst by Reaves helped make up for meager outings from the Lakers’ star players. Point guard D’Angelo Russell finished with 18 points, and star big man Anthony Davis had just 15 points on 6-of-15 shooting, though he added 11 rebounds.
