There were some questions at Crypto after the Los Angeles Lakers stumbled against the San Antonio Spurs, losing in the NBA Cup Quarterfinal. Now, the Lakers' Austin Reaves addressed comments by Rich Paul, LeBron James' agent, about the team's defensive weakness, according to a post by NBA reporter Dave McMenamin.

“That's a weakness we got to get better at. The spirit is still high in here, we know we can do it … But we have to be a group that guards with five people,” Reaves told McMenamin.

Reaves was addressing the perimeter weakness the Spurs consistently exposed , enabling them to ride high to a 132-119 victory on Wednesday. Stephon Castle benefitted from this, leading the Spurs with 30 points on 10 of 14 shooting, including 3 of 6 from the triples. Likewise, De'Aaron F

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