Lakers’ Austin Reaves Backs LeBron amid 3-Point Issues: ‘Let Him Shoot All He Wants’
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Los Angeles Lakers fly Austin Reaves backed celeb teammate LeBron James in the wake of him missing all six of his three-pointers in a 108-103 loss to the Denver Nuggets in Game 2 of the Western Convention Finals on Thursday.
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Austin Reaves: “Let him shoot all he needs. Or no longer it’s LeBron James … We desire him taking what he feels delighted with. He’s a a success player”
It modified into once a tough night for most Lakers shooters exterior Reaves, who hit 5 of nine shots from beyond the arc. Out of doorways of him, the Lakers went gorgeous 3-of-21 on three-point attempts. Within the intervening time, the Nuggets hit 14 three-pointers, with Jamal Murray hitting six en route to his sport-excessive 37 aspects.
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LeBron James has overlooked 19 straight threes in the fourth quarter this postseason. pic.twitter.com/olPhiPsSqH
Out of doorways of his three-point shooting struggles, James largely fared correctly in Game 2. He shot 9-of-13 on two-pointers and added 10 assists, nine rebounds, four steals and two blocks to switch along with his 22 aspects, which matched a bunch excessive.
James moreover excelled in Game 1 with 26 aspects, 12 rebounds and nine dimes in the Lakers’ 132-126 loss to Denver. He did omit all four of his three-pointers however shot 9-of-12 on two-pointers.
The three-point line hasn’t been James’ splendid friend in this year’s playoffs, on the different hand. He made gorgeous 19.5 percent of his attempts in the first round in opposition to the Memphis Grizzlies and 33.3 percent of them in Spherical 2 versus the Golden Dispute Warriors.
That indubitably hasn’t hindered James from leading the seventh-seeded Lakers to the Western Convention Finals, on the different hand, because the 38-year-worn stars once more in his Twentieth NBA season.
James and the Lakers will search to recuperate in Game 3 on Saturday at 8:30 p.m. ET in Los Angeles.
