Austin Reaves delivered a clutch game-winning jumper from the middle of the paint to lift the Los Angeles Lakers past the Minnesota Timberwolves, 116–115. The Timberwolves had erased a 20-point deficit to take a 115–114 lead with one possession remaining, but Reaves’ heroics sealed the win for L.A.
Reaves finished with 28 points and a career-high-tying 16 assists, continuing his scorching start to the season. Jake LaRavia added 27 points, 8 rebounds, and hit 5-of-6 from three-point range, while Rui Hachimura and Deandre Ayton each chipped in 17 points, with Ayton also grabbing 10 boards.
Minnesota was led by Julius Randle, who poured in 33 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists while shooting 4-of-7 from deep. Jaden McDaniels added 30 points and 7 rebounds in a strong supporting effort.
Reaves now has 171 points through five games, averaging 34.2 PPG. He becomes the first Laker since Kobe Bryant in 2005 to open a season with five straight games of at least 25 points.
He also joins Jerry West as the only players in franchise history to record five consecutive games of 25+ points and 5+ assists to start a season—West accomplished the feat in 1970–71.
Additionally, Reaves joins Magic Johnson (44x), Jerry West (9x), LeBron James (4x), and Nick Van Exel (2x) as the only Lakers with multiple games of 25+ points and 15+ assists.
With the win, the Lakers improve to 3–2, while the Timberwolves fall to 2–3.
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32 Comments
Reaves be like: dont celebrate too early mafakaz
Who is LeBron?
Austins reave for the win ohh yeah❤
Bronny gets pushed away from his own teammates!!!😂😂
Come on nba, no replay of the shot?????
Damn lebron sucking millions sitting and his son ain’t worth a food stamp 😂 lol and plays no defense yall could have gotten people that can actually play ! Instead of glazing a losing goat , damn lakers fan base went from Kobe to pure biches 😂funny to watch ,
chokes to go Timberwolves winner but loser😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I've seen enough, trade LeBron. Austin Raquelle Reaves got us.
Look for edward face after reeves basketball how funny
Almost bottled this
rudy gobert is 4 times dpoy btw hahahahaha
Lakers should trade Lebron & give Reaves the $53 million per year
Wolves fans and antmant 😂😂😂😂😂😂before and now they are. Crying 😂😂😂😂😂😂
They almost blew it up!
Doncic better watch out, AR came to claim that "face of the franchise" spot this year
Lebron is the goat better than Jordan Kobe Curry Durant Luca and Shaq O'Neal
Result is great, but blowing that lead few minutes to the end. Play smart not like that. Other else great. 👍
absolutely awful half court offence from the lakers. they spent how long playing pick and roll with close to 0 movement
HBK ladies and gentlemen ….
The lakers almost lost that game no culture😂😂😂
PURPLE N GOLD SOLID LA LAKERS NATION MAMBA MENTALITY NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENED💪🏆💯🥇
Austin (Austin Reaves) Reaves
Shouldn't have been that close. Need King James…. his presence alone creates double teams
It's easy to play with the house money, meaning it's easy to play when everybody expect you to lose, but when everybody expects you to win, that's when reality sets in. Lakers was playing really good last year, but when we started talking about a championship, the pressure of you are supposed to win set in. Loss after loss
Reaves is a superstar
AR -15 IS HIM !
AustRIM Sweesh!!!
This team is dog shit without Edwards
D-Ham would have 2 timeouts left and a loss
come on nba, no replay? no slow motion? no close up angle? that's no way to treat a game winner move
The Lakers must sign Reaves to a long term deal. Then the Lakers can start to rebuild.
Austin reaves season