'He was big time,' LeBron James praises young guard Max Christie after win over the Cavs

Without Cam Reddish, Rui Hachimura, Jarred Vanderbilt, and Gabe Vincent, coach Darvin Ham got to use the depth of his roster to play Saturday's night game against the Cleveland Cavaliers on the road.

For the second consecutive game, despite debuting with a loss, coach Ham used the same starting five of D'Angelo Russell, Max Christie, Taurean Prince, LeBron James, and Anthony Davis.

Max Christie has been the starter replacing Cam Reddish after the wing got hurt on the last Tuesday night game against the Utah Jazz and Austin Reaves is now having a coming off the bench role.

LeBron says the trust the coaching staff has given Max Christie has helped him build confidence. He praised Christie's defense of Donovan Mitchell as well as his big shots. "He was big time."

Max Christie got an interesting performance in his second starting role

In the 121 - 115 win the Lakers had over the Cleveland Cavaliers, Max Christie played 33 minutes, as he started the game and scored 10 points, with 5-7 FG, 2-4 from 3, 5 rebounds, and 3 assists, with a +6 in the plus/minus.