Lakers star Austin Reaves has to take headband…
The Lakers improved to 5-2 on the younger season with a 131-125 win over the Raptors on Sunday night time. The rating shouldn’t be indicative of how a lot Los Angeles managed the sport, which set in movement the most hysterical second of the sport.
When Austin Reaves subbed out with 1:43 remaining in the Lakers’ eventual win over the Raptors, he did so with clear intentions of not returning to the sport.
The largest inform: The Lakers star guard gave his signature headband to a fan sitting behind the crew’s bench, with Reaves anticipating to watch the rest of the sport from the sidelines.
Austin Reaves (15) had to get his signature headband back when Lakers coach JJ Redick needed to put him back in the sport. NBAE via Getty Images
That didn’t come to fruition as deliberate.
With their end-of-bench gamers in the sport, the Lakers’ lead was cut from 15 factors with 1:24 left to single digits within 20 seconds of sport time.
Austin Reaves didn’t anticipate to be needed for the closing stretch. NBAE via Getty Images
Coach JJ Redick had seen enough from the reserves when Jaden Bradley transformed the and-1 layup that trimmed the Raptors’ deficit to six factors with 44 seconds left (and 5 factors after making the free throw), deciding to sub his main rotation gamers back in to close the sport out.
Which meant that Reaves had to retrieve his headband as he, Matisse Thybulle, Walker Kessler and Luka Dončić all subbed back in the sport with 44 seconds left to secure the victory.
Luckily for Reaves, it didn’t seem the fan had any points with handing the headband back over.
The Lakers received the job performed after getting their main rotation gamers back in the sport. NBAE via Getty Images
With Redick saying he received’t make this mistake again, subbing in gamers if they aren’t prepared to play late in video games, it seems to be unlikely that the 6-foot-5 guard shall be in this place again.
But in case it does, Reaves better maintain onto his headband until the sport’s formally over.
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