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On the first night of a back-to-back set on the road, the Los Angeles Lakers decided to sit out Luka Doncic in a clash against one of the best teams in the Eastern Conference, the Detroit Pistons. But in the end, that scarcely mattered. With Doncic out, Austin Reaves took control and popped off for his best game of this season thus far — recording 43 points on 14-of-27 shooting from the field to go along with five rebounds and four assists to lead the Lakers to a 121-116 victory.
Reaves was on fire for the entire night, and in the third quarter, he was most certainly feeling himself on one possession in particular. With 6:44 remaining in the period and still 11 seconds left in the shot clock, the Lakers guard decided to hoist an off-balance triple right in Pistons guard Daniss Jenkins and banked in a triple to give him 32 points on the night at that point of the game.
The Lakers star knew that that shot wasn’t the ideal one to take with that much time left on the shot clock. Even then, he just channeled his inner Doncic, poking fun at his backcourt mate in the process.
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“It was a terrible shot. Honestly when I stepped back and shot it, I was like, ‘This is some s*** Luka would shoot,” Reaves told reporters after the game, via Dave McMenamin of ESPN.
Austin Reaves on his banked-in 3 to give him 32 pts early in the 3rd, starting 12-of-19: “It was a terrible shot. … Honestly when I stepped back and shot it, I was like, ‘This is some bulls— Luka would shoot.’” pic.twitter.com/8wpkHIC0tX
— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) November 9, 2026
It speaks volumes to how close Reaves and Doncic have grown that they can laugh at each other’s shot selection in this manner. Both players do love taking difficult shots, and they’re so talented that the Lakers benefit from having them take as many of those shots as possible to open up opportunities for their teammates.
It is also amazing how far Reaves has come that he can make those bonkers shots that Doncic drains on the regular. The Lakers guard has progressed so much from his days as bench player after going undrafted. He’s now a legitimate All-Star-caliber player who should probably make it to the ASG in February if the Lakers keep up this level of play.
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