Austin Reaves reveals that the final play of LA's Christmas Day game wasn't drawn up for him (Credits: IMAGN)
Austin Reaves played the hero on Wednesday at the final play of the Los Angeles Lakers's 115-113 win over the Golden State Warriors. A closely contested game saw Steph Curry and the Warriors go on a fourth-quarter run that included a game-tying three from Curry, but Austin Reaves cemented the win for LA with a game-winning layup.
After the game, Reaves spoke about the win backstage in a video for the Lakers's media day as part of their LA on the Move video series. As it turns out, the game-winning play was drawn up for LeBron James, not him.
Despite that, Reaves went off-script when he saw the chance to hit a game-winning bucket for his team.
"I'm gonna be honest with y'all. That last play was not for me. It was for 'Bron," Reaves said. "But I got the opportunity to go win us a game, and, you know, that's what ended up happening. You know, that's a big win for the team. Huge win. It's Christmas Day."
