Austin Reaves stripped clean late in Lakers win, report says

Part of the wild sequence to finish regulation in Saturday’s additional time thriller between the Los Angeles Lakers and Denver Nuggets got here again as an incorrect name, in keeping with the NBA’s Last Two Minute Report launched Sunday.

With 9.2 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter and the Nuggets up 116-113, Lakers guard Austin Reaves headed to the free throw line following a foul by Spencer Jones instantly after the ball was inbounded.

However, in keeping with the report, Jones “cleanly dislodges the ball away from Reaves” in what ought to have been a clean strip with the ball going out of bounds. Instead, Reaves headed to the road and drew the Lakers to inside one level. It’s unclear from the report whether or not the Lakers would have retained possession following the strip or whether or not it might have been dominated a turnover.

Reaves then shocked the Nuggets in his subsequent journey to the road following a pair of free throws from Cameron Johnson to push the lead again as much as three. The Lakers guard sunk the primary free throw after which deliberately missed the second earlier than gathering the rebound and tying the sport with a floater.

The Lakers went on to beat the Nuggets in additional time 127-125 off to Luka Doncic game-winning jumper.