Austin Reaves gets brutally honest on what has changed with the Lakers

Multiple injuries have been one of the main struggles for the Los Angeles Lakers this season, and in the last couple of weeks, they have been playing without four of their key players. The team seems to finally have found their identity after winning 6 of their last 7 games played.

Austin Reaves and D'Angelo Russell have both been the third star of the team, sometimes one and sometimes the other. Reaves was extremely efficient on Wednesday night vs. Utah Jazz, shooting 9-of-13 from the field and 3-of-5 from deep to finish with 22 points, seven assists, and three steals.

The Lakers continued their excellent play as of late, even with LeBron James sitting out, and Reaves feels it is simply a case of the team playing basketball the right way, via Spectrum SportsNet:

“I think we’re just playing the game the right way. Making the extra pass, not really caring who goes and wins us the game. Just playing the right way and it’s a different person every night.”

The Lakers found their foot in their latest road trip

The Lakers once again moved the ball extremely well with 34 assists on the night, which led to them shooting 57.1% from the field and 45.2% from 3-point range. And Reaves pointed to the end of their recent Grammy road trip as giving the Lakers more confidence and energy offensively: “I think it’s a little bit of everything. Learning to play alongside one another, kind of get in that rhythm. I think the way we ended that road trip in Boston and New York, that gave us a lot of energy. But I think it’s just time and a testament to the players we have.”