Los Angeles Lakers guard Austin Reaves shared insights into the mindset that helped him achieve a career-high in assists during games where the team was without its stars, LeBron James and Anthony Davis.

Certain players throughout the NBA just have an ability to understand the stage and moment and really step their game up in those times. For the Los Angeles Lakers on Christmas Day, the two players who understood that assignment were LeBron James and Austin Reaves.

Anthony Davis finished with 36 points and 15 rebounds and Austin Reaves had 26 points and 16 assists with LeBron James out because of illness in a 132-122 win.