Brooklyn Nets @ Los Angeles Lakers
Friday, January 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM ET
Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CA | Game ID: 22400585
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
LAL 24 27 21 30 102BKN 23 22 23 33 101
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Austin Reaves scores a career-high 38 points as Lakers hold on for 102-101 victory over Nets
LOS ANGELES -- — Austin Reaves scored a career-high 38 points, LeBron James had 29 and the Los Angeles Lakers held on to beat the Brooklyn Nets 102-101 on Friday night.
The Nets, who lost 126-67 to the LA Clippers on Wednesday night in a franchise-record 59-point defeat, had a chance to win it, but D’Angelo Russell missed a 3-pointer with 2.6 seconds remaining. James got the rebound as the Lakers won their second straight.
Reaves was 13 for 23 from the floor and 8 for 8 from the foul line. His previous career high was 35 points, accomplished twice, including Dec. 31 against Cleveland. Reaves had 15 points in the fourth quarter, including three 3-pointers.
Russell, traded by the Lakers to the Nets, had 19 points in his first game against his former team while Zaire Williams and Tosan Evbuomwan scored 15 apiece.
Takeaways Nets: Had a 49-15 advantage in bench scoring, which included three players in double figures — Russell, Evbuomwan and Jalen Wilson (11).
Lakers: Reaves and James supplied more than half of the Lakers' points with Anthony Davis a late scratch due to plantar fasciitis in his left foot. Jaxson Hayes started in Davis’ place and scored six points along with nine rebounds.
Key moment Reaves had an alley oop to James on a fast break to give the Lakers a 102-95 lead with 2:32 remaining. It ended up being their last basket of the game.
Key stat The Lakers were 12 for 19 shooting in the fourth quarter, including five 3-pointers.
Up next Nets visit Oklahoma City on Sunday to finish a six-game trip, and Lakers play at the Los Angeles Clippers.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
LALAR A. Reaves
DK D. Knecht
GV G. Vincent
JH J. Hayes
LJ L. James
MC M. Christie
RH R. Hachimura
SM S. Milton
TJ T. Jemison III
BKNBS B. Simmons
DR D. Russell
DS D. Sharpe
JW J. Wilson
KJ K. Johnson
NC N. Claxton
NC N. Clowney
TE T. Evbuomwan
TM T. Martin
ZW Z. Williams
LAL/BKN the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur