Lakers' Austin Reaves unloads on official for being 'disrespectful' during Thunder game
The Lakers were right with the Thunder in game two, but felt like the refs were unfair in some moments. After the game, Reaves opened up about feeling disrespected.
Lakers' Austin Reaves unloads on official for being 'disrespectful' during Thunder game originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Los Angeles Lakers dropped Game 1 of their series against the Oklahoma City Thunder earlier in the week.
They felt as if they had every opportunity to win. A big part of the struggle was that Austin Reaves did not have a good shooting night. In fact, it was one of his worst performances of the year.
“But, after shooting just 3-for-16 and coughing up a team-high four turnovers as the Los Angeles Lakers dropped Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals to the defending champs, Reaves admitted that context is meaningless at this point of the postseason,” ESPN’s Dave McMenamin wrote. If the Lakers had any chance of winning Game 2, they could not solely rely on LeBron James. They needed Reaves to step up.
“The Lakers' dilemma surrounding LeBron James is exactly that -- the players surrounding LeBron, not James himself. As has been a recurring narrative throughout James' career -- for whatever reason -- LeBron doesn't have enough help right now, and there's no solution in sight. Unless Reaves can magically reclaim midseason form over the course of the next couple of games, this might be a short series,” Lake Show Life’s Colin Keane wrote.