During an interview with Taylor Gaes of NBA.com, Reaves revealed that James was hard on him, particularly during a two-week stretch. Reaves grew so frustrated that he longed for a break from James. Turns out, James had a specific motivation for pressing Reaves early on.

The Los Angeles Lakers released their injury report for Tuesday night’s game against the New Orleans and Austin Reaves (right calf strain) and Luka Doncic (right knee contusion) are questionable while LeBron James (left foot injury management) is probable.

Austin Reaves on LeBron James’ 40 point game tonight on the 2nd night of a back-to-back at 40 years old: “He really doesn’t have anything else to prove. And if people say he does,