On Friday night, the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Brooklyn Nets by a score of 102-101. Austin Reaves led the team with 38 points in 37 minutes of playing time.

Austin Reaves scored a career-high 38 points, LeBron James added 29 points with eight assists, and the Los Angeles Lakers overcame the absence of Anthony Davis to earn a 102-101 victory over the visiting Brooklyn Nets on Friday.

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 LOS ANGELES -- Austin Reaves scored a career-high 38 points ...

Austin Reaves scored a career-high 38 points ... Russell was traded from the Lakers to the Nets on Dec. 29. Ziaire Williams and Tosan Evbuomwan each scored 15 points for Brooklyn, which fell ...

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Austin Reaves had a career night against the Brooklyn Nets but his focus was on getting a win for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Here are three Brooklyn Nets takeaways from Friday's 102-101 loss at the Los Angeles Lakers in D'Angelo Russell's return to Los Angeles.

The Los Angeles Lakers were fighting with everything they had to avoid picking up a loss in the Crypto.com arena on Friday night. The Brooklyn Nets, who started the night at 14-27, should have been easy pickings for the Lakers but without Anthony Davis,

The Lakers defeat the Nets, 102-101, as D’Angelo Russell misses the go-ahead shot with 4.6 seconds remaining. Lakers Top Performers Austin Reaves: career-high 38 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 3PM LeBron James: 29 points (10 points,

Austin Reaves scored a career-high 38 points and the Los Angeles Lakers overcame the absence of Anthony Davis to earn a 102-101 victory over the visiting Brooklyn Nets on Friday.

At least this time, the Nets showed some heart. But they had it broken, falling 102-101 to the Lakers, aided by some endgame heroics from LeBron James.

Coming off the most lopsided loss in franchise history—a 59-point massacre against the LA Clippers—the Brooklyn Nets got a chance to avenge themselves in Southern California. At Crypto.com Arena, they suffered their seventh loss in the last eight games,