The Los Angeles Lakers failed to return to the .500 mark in a 132-125 loss to the Utah Jazz on Saturday night. Anthony Davis made headlines during the loss for numerous reasons, one of which was highlighted by a 5–of–21 shooting performance. But Davis also finished the night with a triple-double, tallying 15 points, 15 rebounds and a career-high 11 assists.
After the game, Austin Reaves was asked about Davis’s play and was quick to defend his teammate while pushing back on the negative narrative that seems to loom over him constantly.
“I can already see the headlines, you know, ‘AD sucks, AD can’t do this, can’t do that.’ He had a tough night shooting the ball, other than that, he was fantastic,” Reaves told the media after the loss to the Jazz.
