The Los Angeles Lakers have been a pleasant surprise so far this season, racing out into playoff contention in the Western Conference with a hot start in 2025-26. They have been able to do that despite some injuries and other situations that have caused both LeBron James and Luka Doncic to miss games.

On Thursday night, it was Doncic sidelined while attending the birth of his second child back in Slovenia, but that didn't stop the Lakers. Austin Reaves had a monster game on the road against the Toronto Raptors and Rui Hachimura splashed a game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer in a 123-120 Los Angeles victory.

Despite having a stellar game, Reaves admitted he almost made a big blunder at the end of regulation and initially had the wrong score when the Lakers got the ball back follo

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