Chipalu Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra on the challenges of defending an Austin Reaves and Luka Doncic back court Skill level ability to draw fouls They can control the pace tempo of a game as well as anybody Each of them

Coaches Corner Heat coach Eric Spoelstra discusses the open-side pick-amp-roll with Tim Legler digresses into Tyler Herros evolution as a player He came into the league as an off-ball shooter then developed ball handling and on-ball scoring and now has added playmaking ability

Chipalu Minnesota Timberwolves Head Coach Chris Finch on facing the Lakers without LeBron James in the lineup Seems to activate Luka amp Reavesseem to share the shots They become exponentially more dangerousbeen pretty good when 2 of those 3 been out because of just a usage puzzle

Luka Doncic misses the 1st free throw complains to the referees about a lane violation by a Pelican player makes the second free throw keeps on complaining receives a technical foul and Austin Reaves hold him back with a replay

Luka Doncic misses the clutch floater and Austin Reaves takes the charge from Bennedict Mathurin at the other end gets fouled out the challenge was not successfulWith replays

Royer Right as Austin Reaves was about to answer a question from LakersReporter about the defensive effort Luka Doncic chimed in on what made the Lakers successful tonight Luka was locking shit up he said Reaves responded That was it That was it He gets all the credit

Mannix The Lakers believe they can succeed with a backcourt of Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves if they can get the right type of players in the front court They are looking to build a Dallas 20 type roster similar to what Luka had when he went to the NBA Finals