LOS ANGELES — With the Lakers’ roster being short-handed and depleted in their last two games, a road win over the Sacramento Kings on Sunday and a home loss to the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday , there’s been a natural search for silver linings.

The obvious one is the continued emergence of Austin Reaves, who has again stepped up during the absences of key players, including Luka Doncic and LeBron James.

Reaves scored a career-high 51 points to go with 11 rebounds, nine assists and two steals against the Kings before recording 41 points, five assists, four rebounds and three steals against the Trail Blazers.

Another silver lining – tying into Reaves being relied by the Lakers as a ball-handler even more than he usually would – has been the chemistry between the fifth-year guard

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