Austin Reaves running out of time as Lakers stare down historic collapse
Austin Reaves returned from injury but looked rusty in Game 5, and now the Lakers need him to step up fast to avoid becoming the first team in NBA history to blow a 3-0 playoff lead.
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NBA Austin Reaves running out of time as Lakers stare down historic collapse By Michael Duarte Published April 30, 2026, 9:53 a.m. ET Crypto.com Arena fell silent during a sequence in the fourth quarter Wednesday night. Trailing by ten points to the Rockets, the Lakers raced down the floor and Austin Reaves shot a three-pointer. He missed it. Deandre Ayton grabbed the rebound and threw it back out to Reaves. He shot another three. He missed that one too. Ayton grabbed yet another offensive rebound. After every player on the floor fumbled the ball, LeBron James drove to the basket and threw a shot off the top of the backboard. That sequence epitomized Game 5 of the first-round playoff series between the Rockets and Lakers in a nutshell.
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