Austin Reaves Talks Game 4 & Series Loss, FULL Postgame Interview 🎤

WELL, THE OF THE MISMATCH WITH DENNIS SCHRODER. LAKERS. REBOUND, THE FINAL POSSESSION PLAY HERE. THAT MURRAY GOOD DEFENSE GOT HIS HANDS ON THE BALL AND LEBRON HAVE A LOW GORDON BLOCKED. IT WAS IT CAME OUT LEBRON’S HANDS. EVERYONE GETS THEY JOINED THE NBA IN 1976. GOING TO THEIR FIRST NBA FINALS. LAKERS IT COULD BE A JUMP BALL. HE WAS THE LAKERS PROBABLY WIN WITH LEBRON ARE JUMPING. BUT STARTING THIS IN ORDER TO WIN AND ADVANCE IN THIS LEAGUE, YOU’VE GOT TO BE TO GET STOPS AT THE RIGHT TIME. THE NUGGETS ARE ABLE TO DO IT.

AND THAT IS YOUR FINAL ONE. 13, ONE, 11, NO QUIT IN THE LAKERS AS THEY TRIED TO STAVE OFF ELIMINATION. BUT THE NUGGETS GET THE SWEEP BEHIND A TRIPLE-DOUBLE OF NIKOLA JOKIC 30 14 13 DIMES DEMAND IN. 25. AS WE MENTIONED, AARON GORDON, HIS BEST GAME OF THE SERIES AT 22 POINTS. 6 BOARDS. I DO WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF CREDIT TALK ABOUT LEBRON JAMES HISTORIC PERFORMANCE. AS WE MENTIONED, 31 POINTS IN THE 1ST HALF IS THE MOST FOR HIM IN HIS POSTSEASON. CAREER-HIGH ENDS WITH 40 ASSIST SHY OF A TRIPLE-DOUBLE OFFICIAL START

WITH YOU. GO AROUND THE HORN. 48 MINUTES. ONE THING THAT YOU CANNOT QUESTION IS THE HEART AND THE WILL OF LEBRON JAMES HERE IN SEASON 20

AT AGE. 38. YOU KNOW ME, YOU DO. YOU DON’T PLAY THIS LONG. AND HAVE THE SUSTAINED LEVEL OF SUCCESS THAT LEBRON IS NOT ONLY EXPERIENCE FOR HIMSELF, BUT WE CELEBRATED EVERY TEAM THAT HAS BEEN ON. WITHOUT HEART AND GRIT AND COURAGE. MENTAL TOUGHNESS, PHYSICAL TOUGHNESS. AND AT THIS POINT. YOU KNOW, THERE’S THERE’S IT’S REALLY JU A CHAMPIONSHIP STUDY. I THINK AS ALWAYS HAD AN OBSESSION WITH AND STILL HAS THAT

OBSESSION. AND SO THEN THAT’S THAT’S HOW YOU CAN STILL GO OUT AND PUT LAKERS IN A POSITION TO WIN THIS GAME TONIGHT. I MEAN, REALLY DID. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT HE CAN DO EVERY NIGHT AT THIS POINT IN HIS CAREER. WHAT IT WAS CLEAR THAT TONIGHT. KNEW THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO DO THIS AND PERFORM THIS WAY IN ORDER FOR THEM HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN. AND SO. I YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT’S A GOOD SIGN IN TERMS OF WHAT THE LAKERS CAN LOOK TOWARDS IN TERMS OF NEXT SEASON. IT’S CLEAR THAT HE CAN

STILL BE A 1, 1, A GUY RIGHT WHEN ANTHONY DAVIS IS HEALTHY. HE’S A 1, ONE, A GUY. SO YOU STILL HAVE 2 OF THE BEST 10 TO 15 PLAYERS IN THE NBA ON THE CONTRACT. AND SO IT’S JUST A MATTER OF, YOU KNOW, HOW FINANCIALLY CAN THEY CONTINUE TO PUT THE RIGHT TYPE OF PIECES AROUND LEBRON, EVEN AT THIS AGE THAT WILL? YOU KNOW, GIVE THE LAKERS A CHANCE TO CONTEND FOR CHAMPIONSHIPS BECAUSE THEY WERE ONE OF 4 TEAMS REMAINING IN THE LEAD. THEY STILL HAD A CHANCE UNTIL JUST NOW. YEAH, THEY WERE ONE

OF ONLY 4 TEAMS IN THIS LEAGUE THAT HAD A CHANCE TO WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP. WITH ALL OF THE CHANGE AND UNCERTAINTY THEY WENT THROUGH THIS YEAR. SO IMAGINE JUST FOR A SECOND THAT NEXT SEASON. THEY’RE HEALTHIER. THERE’S MORE CONSISTENCY WITH WHATEVER ROSTER THAT THEY START THE SEASON WITH AND THEY’RE ABLE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, NOT THE MOST STARTING LINEUPS, DIFFERENT STARTING LINEUPS AND NOT ONLY THE REGULAR SEASON, BUT MAYBE THE PLAYOFFS AS WELL. JUST SOME OF THOSE CONSISTENCY AND STABILITY, THINGS THAT CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS NEED. YEAH, NO DOUBT. I MEAN, NEW BEGINNINGS. THAT’S THAT’S WHAT IT

WILL LOOK LIKE. NEXT YEAR AFTER EXPERIENCING YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN A TEAM THAT MADE IT TO THE FINALS. BUT, YOU THAT’S EITHER HERE OR THERE. BUT THEY THEY THEY THEY DO HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, RECALIBRATE AND LOOK AT THIS YEAR. IT’S A TOUGH SEASON. IT’S A REALLY TOUGH SEASON ALONG. THEY WORK THEIR BUTTS OFF TO GET, YOU KNOW, INTO THE WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS. SO THERE IS ROOM. TO TO, TO, TO, TO GROW THEY THEY GROW A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, FILL IN THE PIECES. AND I THINK THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, LEBRON

TO COME BACK IN MY OPINION, HE COULD EVEN BE. THE 3RD GUY. YOU KNOW, HIS AGE AND STILL GIVE YOU. 25 9, YOU KNOW, HE CAN STILL GET YOU THAT AND HAVE AD IT SOMEBODY ELSE. I DON’T. I’M NOT SAYING THAT THE PLAN. BUT THERE THERE THERE’S ROOM TO IMPROVE AND AND GET BETTER. AND I THINK WHAT THEY EXPERIENCE THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW, WILL DO THOUGH THEY WANT TO THEY WANT TO FINISH IT. THEY WANT TO TRY TO FINISH. DEFINITELY A TALE OF 2 SEASONS. YOU KNOW, THE FIRST 3, 4 MONTHS, RUSS PAT BEV, IT

JUST WASN’T WORKING. THE CHEMISTRY WASN’T THERE. THE HALF-COURT OFFENSE NEVER LOOKED GREAT. THE SHOOTING WAS AN ISSUE TEAM MORALE THAT LOOK GREAT AT ALL TIMES AND THE ROB PELINKA THE LAKERS FRONT OFFICE DELIVERED A VERY GOOD SEASON FOR US STARTING, YOU KNOW, LATE JANUARY THEY GOT REALLY AND FOLLOWING UP A COUPLE WEEKS LATER AT THE TRADE DEADLINE, THEY GOT DANGELO GOT LEAKED BEASLEY WHO DIDN’T SEE A LOT OF IN THE PLAYOFFS. VANDERBILT THAT WE DID NOT PLAY TODAY. BUT YOU KNOW, THEY THEY MADE IT ENTERTAINING. THEY MADE A OF A RUN. BUT 2 POINT JAMES

COMEY WENT TO THE RUN. START. LATE JANUARY. IT LIKE, ALRIGHT, WE’RE ARE SEVERAL GAMES UNDER 500. WE HAVE SOME NEW PLAYERS. SOME NEW PIECES COMING YEAR. LET’S SEE. WE CAN DO. THAT’S A LONG TIME TO SUSTAIN AS OPPOSED TO THE DENVER NUGGETS WHO ARE JUST CRUISING DIDN’T HAVE TO PLAY PLAYING GAME. THEY HAD MINNESOTA IN THE FIRST ROUND, BEAT THEM IN 5. DAMAGED PHOENIX SUNS TEAM IN 6 GAMES. YOU KNOW, DENVER’S HAD A PRETTY GOOD, MUCH EASIER RUN. THE LAKERS JUST IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS. IT’S NIGHT AND DAY. YOU KNOW, CONGRATS THE LAKERS FOR

GET THIS FAR. THEY’VE BEEN MADE IN ENTERTAINING. THEY MADE IT FUN AND SOME MEMORABLE MOMENTS ALONG THE WAY. AN 11TH PLACE WITH 11 GAMES 8.3, NOT 0.3% CHANCE TO MAKE THE 0.4 TO ONE OF 4 TEAMS REMAINING THE NBA THIS YEAR. MUCH MORE AHEAD. DENVER NUGGETS COMPLETE THE SWEEP AND THEY’RE HEADED TO THEIR FIRST NBA FINALS. WE’LL HEAR FROM AUSTIN REAVES AFTER THE BREAK. ACCESS SPORTSNET LAKERS IS DRIVEN BY YOUR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. HONDA DEALERS.