The Los Angeles Lakers registered a close 116-115 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night, and their key member, Austin Reaves, stole the show. Reaves is looking promising early this season, which has earned him the position after Luka Doncic in the Lakers’ core. However, after facing so much criticism this summer with his contract extension, Reaves shut down the haters with his on-court excellence.

In the recent game against the Timberwolves, Reaves finished with 28 points and 16 assists. The Lakers built a 20-point lead in the third quarter, but the Timberwolves took a one-point lead with 10 seconds remaining in the game. However, with six seconds left, Deandre Ayton set a screen, and Reaves drove into the lane and went for the winning shot over Rudy Gobert and Donte DiVi

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