Austin Reaves’s Career Night Was Kickstarted By A Dak Prescott Interception

Luka Dončić took nan nighttime disconnected connected Sunday arsenic he's dealing pinch 2 injuries so Austin Reaves stepped up for nan Lakers and scored a career-high 51 points successful Los Angeles' 127-120 triumph complete nan Sacramento Kings. Reaves besides had 11 rebounds, 9 assists, 2 steals and made an awesome 21-of-22 free throws, but nan astir astonishing point astir nan crippled is what inspired his performance.

In a postgame question and reply Reaves revealed that his time began pinch a matter to Dončić astir a Dak Prescott interception. The 2 past went backmost and distant earlier his teammate told him he wanted him to people 60 against nan Kings.

Close enough.

"I texted him this morning," said Reaves astir Dončić. "We had a funny, I conjecture funny exchange. He's a Cowboys instrumentality and I deliberation Dak threw a prime aliases thing truthful I texted him. Me and him, our full narration is conscionable talking trash backmost and distant and towards nan extremity of nan speech he says I request 60 coming and I was for illustration hahaha. And that was nan extremity of nan conversation. I don't know, he astir apt texted maine I haven't looked astatine my phone, but yeah, I'm decidedly holding that 1 complete his head."

It was only a matter of clip until nan Cowboys were progressive successful personification scoring 51 points this year, it's conscionable astonishing it happened successful nan NBA.

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