Reaves' triple-double, tiebreaking 3 helps rally Lakers past Bucks in 2OTs without LeBron James
MILWAUKEE (AP) Staring at a double-digit deficit midway through the fourth quarter without LeBron James available, Austin Reaves and the Los Angeles Lakers faced a clear choice.
“It was one of those moments that you could either flip the page to tomorrow, get ready for that game or you could go out and compete 110% and give yourself an opportunity or at least try to give yourself an opportunity to get back in the game,” Reaves said.
The Lakers chose the latter option and delivered a comeback for the ages.
Reaves had his second career triple-double and made a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 38.6 seconds left in the second overtime as the Lakers overcame James' absence and rallied to beat the Milwaukee Bucks 128-124 on Tuesday night.
Reaves had 29 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists in 47 minutes as the Lakers opened a six-game trip by winning their fourth straight despite trailing by 19 points in the fourth quarter and never leading in regulation. Anthony Davis provided 34 points and 23 rebounds while playing 52 minutes despite dealing with a knee problem late in the game.
“A 20-point lead in this league now, it’s nothing because of the way the offense is right now in the league, so high-powered that you can wipe away a lead pretty fast,” Davis said.
The Lakers won't have much time to celebrate their stunning comeback. They're playing again Wednesday at Memphis.
Milwaukee's Giannis Antetokounmpo had 29 points, a season-high 21 rebounds and 11 assists for his ninth triple-double of the season. Damian Lillard scored 27 but shot 9 of 29. Malik Beasley added 21.
James had an issue with his left ankle that prevented him from being available as the Lakers opened a six-game trip. James also had missed the Lakers’ 123-122 victory over the Bucks on March 8.
The Lakers still found a way to beat Milwaukee again.
“We've got to watch this game, learn from this game,” Antetokounmpo said. “Watch why we weren't able to get a stop. Watch why the ball wasn't moving down the stretch. Watch why we lost the game. Watch why there was a lot of 50-50 balls and we weren't able to get them.”
D'Angelo Russell had 29 points, 12 assists and seven rebounds for the Lakers. Rui Hachimura added 16 points and 14 rebounds.
The exhaustion of both teams was apparent as nobody scored in the first three minutes of the second overtime. The Lakers briefly trailed by two in the second OT, but pulled ahead for good on Reaves’ last-minute 3-pointer.
After Antetokounmpo missed two free throws with 24.2 seconds left, Russell hit two free throws to make it 126-121 with 14.7 seconds remaining, Beasley made a 3-pointer to cut the lead to two, but Davis hit two free throws with 1.7 seconds left to seal the victory.
The Lakers never led until Spencer Dinwiddie sank a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 2:19 left in the first overtime.
From there, the game went back and forth.
Lillard's corner 3-pointer put Milwaukee ahead with 13.6 seconds left in the first overtime, but Russell drew a foul and hit both free throws to tie with 3.1 seconds remaining.
Davis blocked Lillard on a driving layup attempt to force a second overtime.
Milwaukee seemed firmly in control for most of the night.
After a Lillard jumper with 8:25 left gave the Bucks a 94-75 advantage - matching their largest lead of the game - the Lakers outscored the Bucks 26-7 the rest of the fourth quarter to force overtime.
“Sometimes the ball just bounces different, and if you don't stay disciplined and do the things that go into how we built that lead, those leads can go away quick in this league with the shooting that's in the league, like they did tonight," Lillard said. "That's what happened.”
Taurean Prince drew a foul with 43.9 seconds remaining and made both free throws to tie the game. Both teams had a chance to win it at the end of the fourth quarter but couldn’t convert.
UP NEXT
Lakers: At Memphis on Wednesday.
Bucks: At New Orleans on Thursday.
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| Time | Team | Play | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 |  | Anthony Davis vs. Brook Lopez (Giannis Antetokounmpo gains possession) | ||
| 11:38 | | +2 | Giannis Antetokounmpo makes two point driving layup (Damian Lillard assists) | 0-2 |
| 11:15 |  | Anthony Davis misses two point jump shot | ||
| 11:12 | | Damian Lillard defensive rebound | ||
| 11:07 | | Khris Middleton misses three point jump shot | ||
| 11:05 | | Rui Hachimura defensive rebound | ||
| 10:55 | | Austin Reaves misses two point driving floating jump shot | ||
| 10:55 | | Brook Lopez defensive rebound | ||
| 10:48 | | Damian Lillard misses two point pullup jump shot | ||
| 10:47 | | Giannis Antetokounmpo offensive rebound | ||
| 10:45 | | +2 | Giannis Antetokounmpo makes two point putback layup | 0-4 |
| 10:30 | | Rui Hachimura misses three point jump shot | ||
| 10:30 | | Khris Middleton defensive rebound | ||
| 10:21 | | Brook Lopez misses three point jump shot | ||
| 10:17 | | Rui Hachimura defensive rebound | ||
| 10:07 | | Spencer Dinwiddie misses three point pullup jump shot | ||
| 10:05 | | Giannis Antetokounmpo defensive rebound | ||
| 9:50 | | Khris Middleton turnover (bad pass) (D'Angelo Russell steals) | ||
| 9:46 | | D'Angelo Russell misses three point running pullup jump shot | ||
| 9:43 | | D'Angelo Russell offensive rebound | ||
| 9:40 | | +2 | Rui Hachimura makes two point cutting dunk (Spencer Dinwiddie assists) | 2-4 |
| 9:28 | | Damian Lillard misses three point pullup jump shot | ||
| 9:24 | | Austin Reaves defensive rebound | ||
| 9:21 | | Malik Beasley personal foul (Austin Reaves draws the foul) | ||
| 9:09 | | Anthony Davis misses two point jump shot | ||
| 9:07 | | Giannis Antetokounmpo defensive rebound | ||
| 9:02 | | Spencer Dinwiddie shooting foul (Damian Lillard draws the foul) | ||
| 9:02 | | +1 | Damian Lillard makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 2-5 |
| 9:02 | | +1 | Damian Lillard makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 2-6 |
| 8:41 | | Anthony Davis turnover (traveling) | ||
| 8:24 | | +2 | Giannis Antetokounmpo makes two point driving dunk | 2-8 |
| 8:16 | | Giannis Antetokounmpo blocks Anthony Davis's two point driving layup | ||
| 8:14 | | Giannis Antetokounmpo defensive rebound | ||
| 8:01 | | Damian Lillard turnover (bad pass) (D'Angelo Russell steals) | ||
| 7:58 | | D'Angelo Russell misses two point running layup | ||
| 7:57 | | Brook Lopez defensive rebound | ||
| 7:52 | | Austin Reaves shooting foul (Giannis Antetokounmpo draws the foul) | ||
| 7:52 | | +1 | Giannis Antetokounmpo makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 2-9 |
| 7:52 | | Giannis Antetokounmpo misses regular free throw 2 of 2 | ||
| 7:49 | | Rui Hachimura defensive rebound | ||
| 7:39 | | Anthony Davis misses two point jump shot | ||
| 7:35 | | Giannis Antetokounmpo defensive rebound | ||
| 7:28 | | +3 | Malik Beasley makes three point jump shot (Giannis Antetokounmpo assists) | 2-12 |
| 7:26 | | Lakers 60 second timeout | ||
| 7:16 | | Spencer Dinwiddie misses two point driving floating bank jump shot | ||
| 7:13 | | Brook Lopez defensive rebound | ||
| 7:10 | | Damian Lillard misses three point running pullup jump shot | ||
| 7:08 | | D'Angelo Russell defensive rebound | ||
| 6:54 | | +2 | Rui Hachimura makes two point cutting layup (Austin Reaves assists) | 4-12 |
| 6:31 | | Malik Beasley misses three point jump shot | ||
| 6:30 | | Lakers defensive rebound | ||
| 6:08 | | Austin Reaves misses three point jump shot | ||
| 6:06 | | Malik Beasley defensive rebound | ||
| 5:58 | | +2 | Bobby Portis makes two point cutting finger roll layup (Damian Lillard assists) | 4-14 |
| 5:51 | | Rui Hachimura misses two point stepback jump shot | ||
| 5:47 | | Bobby Portis defensive rebound | ||
| 5:37 | | +2 | Malik Beasley makes two point driving layup (Damian Lillard assists) | 4-16 |
| 5:33 | | Austin Reaves misses three point jump shot | ||
| 5:31 | | Bobby Portis defensive rebound | ||
| 5:24 | | Spencer Dinwiddie shooting foul (Damian Lillard draws the foul) | ||
| 5:24 | | Damian Lillard misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | ||
| 5:24 | | Bucks offensive rebound | ||
| 5:24 | | Lakers delay of game violation | ||
| 5:24 | | +1 | Damian Lillard makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 4-17 |
| 5:13 | | D'Angelo Russell misses two point driving floating jump shot | ||
| 5:11 | | Anthony Davis offensive rebound | ||
| 5:10 | | Bobby Portis shooting foul (Anthony Davis draws the foul) | ||
| 5:10 | | +1 | Anthony Davis makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 5-17 |
| 5:10 | | +1 | Anthony Davis makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 6-17 |
| 4:55 | | +2 | Khris Middleton makes two point turnaround fadeaway jump shot | 6-19 |
| 4:36 | | Jaxson Hayes turnover (out of bounds bad pass) | ||
| 4:16 | | +2 | Brook Lopez makes two point cutting layup (Khris Middleton assists) | 6-21 |
| 3:54 | | D'Angelo Russell misses two point driving floating jump shot | ||
| 3:52 | | Bobby Portis defensive rebound | ||
| 3:48 | | Jaxson Hayes shooting foul (Bobby Portis draws the foul) | ||
| 3:48 | | +1 | Bobby Portis makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 6-22 |
| 3:48 | | +1 | Bobby Portis makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 6-23 |
| 3:31 | | +2 | Anthony Davis makes two point driving floating jump shot (Austin Reaves assists) | 8-23 |
| 3:10 | | +3 | Bobby Portis makes three point jump shot (Pat Connaughton assists) | 8-26 |
| 3:01 | | +2 | Austin Reaves makes two point driving layup | 10-26 |
| 2:49 | | +3 | Damian Lillard makes three point stepback jump shot (Pat Connaughton assists) | 10-29 |
| 2:33 | | +2 | Anthony Davis makes two point jump shot (Austin Reaves assists) | 12-29 |
| 2:27 | | Damian Lillard misses two point driving finger roll layup | ||
| 2:25 | | Anthony Davis defensive rebound | ||
| 2:17 | | Taurean Prince turnover (out of bounds lost ball) | ||
| 2:17 | | Lakers 60 second timeout | ||
| 2:02 | | Bobby Portis misses two point stepback jump shot | ||
| 1:59 | | Anthony Davis defensive rebound | ||
| 1:47 | | Taurean Prince misses three point jump shot | ||
| 1:44 | | Giannis Antetokounmpo defensive rebound | ||
| 1:35 | | Anthony Davis kicked ball violation | ||
| 1:23 | | Pat Connaughton turnover (out of bounds bad pass) | ||
| 1:07 | | +2 | Jaxson Hayes makes two point cutting layup (Anthony Davis assists) | 14-29 |
| 1:07 | | Jae Crowder shooting foul (Jaxson Hayes draws the foul) | ||
| 1:07 | | Jaxson Hayes misses regular free throw 1 of 1 | ||
| 1:04 | | Bobby Portis defensive rebound | ||
| 0:50 | | Jae Crowder misses two point driving floating jump shot | ||
| 0:48 | | Jaxson Hayes defensive rebound | ||
| 0:31 | | Taurean Prince misses two point driving layup | ||
| 0:28 | | Giannis Antetokounmpo defensive rebound | ||
| 0:24 | | +3 | Pat Connaughton makes three point running jump shot (Giannis Antetokounmpo assists) | 14-32 |
| 0:02 | | Anthony Davis misses two point cutting layup | ||
| 0:01 | | Anthony Davis offensive rebound | ||
| 0:00 | | +2 | Anthony Davis makes two point tip dunk | 16-32 |
| 0:00 | | End of period |
| Time | Team | Play | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11:42 | | +2 | Taurean Prince makes two point driving finger roll layup (D'Angelo Russell assists) | 18-32 |
| 11:19 | | AJ Green misses three point jump shot | ||
| 11:17 | | Bucks offensive rebound | ||
| 11:12 | | Pat Connaughton misses three point jump shot | ||
| 11:10 | | Taurean Prince defensive rebound | ||
| 10:59 | | Bobby Portis blocks Taurean Prince's two point driving layup | ||
| 10:59 | | Lakers offensive rebound | ||
| 10:51 | | Taurean Prince turnover (traveling) | ||
| 10:39 | | Giannis Antetokounmpo misses two point driving hook shot | ||
| 10:37 | | Jaxson Hayes defensive rebound | ||
| 10:18 | | Taurean Prince misses two point pullup bank jump shot | ||
| 10:15 | | Giannis Antetokounmpo defensive rebound | ||
| 10:08 | | Pat Connaughton misses three point jump shot | ||
| 10:06 | | Rui Hachimura defensive rebound | ||
| 9:50 | | +2 | Rui Hachimura makes two point turnaround jump shot (D'Angelo Russell assists) | 20-32 |
| 9:34 | | +3 | Bobby Portis makes three point jump shot (Giannis Antetokounmpo assists) | 20-35 |
| 9:14 | | +3 | Taurean Prince makes three point jump shot (D'Angelo Russell assists) | 23-35 |
| 9:00 | | Bobby Portis misses three point jump shot | ||
| 8:57 | | Max Christie defensive rebound | ||
| 8:52 | | Rui Hachimura misses two point pullup jump shot | ||
| 8:50 | | Pat Connaughton defensive rebound | ||
| 8:44 | | +2 | Giannis Antetokounmpo makes two point running layup (Pat Connaughton assists) | 23-37 |
| 8:44 | | Jaxson Hayes shooting foul (Giannis Antetokounmpo draws the foul) | ||
| 8:44 | | Giannis Antetokounmpo misses regular free throw 1 of 1 | ||
| 8:39 | | Jaxson Hayes defensive rebound | ||
| 8:31 | | +2 | D'Angelo Russell makes two point pullup jump shot | 25-37 |
| 8:20 | | Giannis Antetokounmpo offensive foul (Rui Hachimura draws the foul) | ||
| 8:20 | | Giannis Antetokounmpo turnover (offensive foul) | ||
| 8:09 | | AJ Green shooting foul (D'Angelo Russell draws the foul) | ||
| 8:09 | | +1 | D'Angelo Russell makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 26-37 |
| 8:09 | | +1 | D'Angelo Russell makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 27-37 |
| 8:00 | | Jaxson Hayes personal foul (Pat Connaughton draws the foul) | ||
| 7:55 | | +2 | Malik Beasley makes two point pullup jump shot (Giannis Antetokounmpo assists) | 27-39 |
| 7:42 | | Max Christie misses three point stepback jump shot | ||
| 7:38 | | Anthony Davis offensive rebound | ||
| 7:32 | | Anthony Davis misses two point turnaround jump shot | ||
| 7:29 | | Lakers offensive rebound | ||
| 7:29 | | Jump ball. Anthony Davis vs. Pat Connaughton (Max Christie gains possession) | ||
| 7:18 | | +2 | Rui Hachimura makes two point driving layup (Spencer Dinwiddie assists) | 29-39 |
| 7:04 | | Pat Connaughton turnover (out of bounds bad pass) | ||
| 6:53 | | Malik Beasley shooting foul (Anthony Davis draws the foul) | ||
| 6:53 | | Bucks 60 second timeout | ||
| 6:53 | | +1 | Anthony Davis makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 30-39 |
| 6:53 | | +1 | Anthony Davis makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 31-39 |
| 6:41 | | Damian Lillard misses two point stepback jump shot | ||
| 6:39 | | Anthony Davis defensive rebound | ||
| 6:28 | | Anthony Davis misses two point driving hook shot | ||
| 6:25 | | Bobby Portis defensive rebound | ||
| 6:20 | | Spencer Dinwiddie blocks Damian Lillard's two point running layup | ||
| 6:18 | | D'Angelo Russell defensive rebound | ||
| 6:13 | | +2 | Rui Hachimura makes two point running dunk (D'Angelo Russell assists) | 33-39 |