Austin Reaves Reacts To Lakers GM6 vs Grizzlies | April 28, 2023

Austin over here and watch your language, please. My fault. Don't find me. It was before What was it like to feel the energy of the crowd? To watch the Brian doing what he's doing 80 what he's doing D low and then the wind is serious against that team It's amazing to say the least, you know, we wish we could have got it done, you know in five at third place but you know to do it here in front of our fans is is a lot of fun and For them, you know the three that you named the performances that they had tonight Both ends of the floor. I thought a D was way more effective than even what the stat sheet shows Just back line of defense making it tough for them to get anything in the paint Anytime you have job go three four sixteen bang go five four sixteen You know, you have a really good opportunity to you know Win those games by big and like I said, it was it was great to do it here Austin can you take us through the the moment of you with the euro step into the reverse and then you and LeBron kind of Doing the little euro dance in the lane yeah, I mean this game is a lot of emotion and instincts and You know you you have fun with the game when the game provides you to have fun I Told him on the sideline. Thank you for coming over and not leaving me on an island by myself doing it when he come over I was like, okay. I got I got another one with me. So let's do it again, but there was a lot of fun Austin I'm curious what wisdom did you take out of what LeBron told you guys after the game? tonight You know It's always good to you know, win win the series, but you know, the job's not finished, you know, we have Another series coming up either sack or the Warriors and you know, we'll enjoy this one tonight And then tomorrow next days when we figure out who we play We'll lock in on whoever that is and go compete to win another series He said, you know, obviously this is my first time in the playoffs and he said every step gets harder as you would expect so It's not it's not really, you know spending too much time enjoying this is enjoy it but you know, there's still more work to do Austin one of your opponents this series called LeBron older got a lot of attention Does he ever seem like a 38 year old to you and does he ever seem like one of your peers 24 years old? No, he honestly seems About 18 he acts like he's 18 He's very childish in a great way So no, but at the same time, you know, I grew up, you know, I've watched a game of basketball So seeing him play for you know, as long as he's played some days I I sit back and it's more so when I go home and family members friends or really like Bring it to my attention that you know that I'm on a team with him Is really when I step back and think about it about how crazy it is how long he's been doing this But how youthful he is at the same time Austin over here Since the trade deadline you guys were the number one ranked defense in the NBA, but tonight it was purely next-level stuff Every time they swung the ball you guys were connected They had a hand in the face from the opening tip. How did it get to this level tonight? Was it a conversation was it film? What what did it? We didn't want to go back to Memphis to say the least, you know You wanted to end it here tonight home court So we were super locked in from film this morning You could tell that there was a sense of urgency on you know, that side of the ball and I remember I think it was late in the third I Missed a rotation. I think we were up 30 at the point and first person I see is bronze staring at me like we ain't doing that like you got it You got to get there and that's the attention to detail that you know, we needed I messed up and I needed to be held accountable So it's just those little things that when you have a group of guys that you can look at someone and be like you messed up That's your rotation or that's your box out and nobody take it too serious Just take the message for what it is and and learn from it is, you know special and that'll take you a long way Hey Austin, obviously this year has been a bit of a roller coaster. I had a lot of ups and downs This squad though seems like you found something really special if you had to kind of summarize This specific team this squad this year in one word. What what word would that be? Oh, that's tough Together would be the word do I need to elaborate on that? You said but you asked for one word Not I mean, I think you could tell that really just what I was talking about You can hold each other accountable. You can have tough conversations in game you know if I Come down and I miss D low on a swing swing He can come to me and and tell me like swing it and I'm not taking it, you know any type of way Because I know next possession if his roles reversed then he's gonna get off of it and and pass it and make the extra pass And you know, it really just play the right way. So that's really it You know, everybody is really connected on, you know on the court off the court, you know It's just a group of guys that you know, enjoy being around one another Austin Austin ready. This is obviously your first playoff first playoff series. How do you think it wet just for you? Great. We won you know that one for seven from three tonight, but I Have no worries in the world When the series regardless of you know numbers, I remember it talked about I think it was game for you know eighties numbers weren't good But if you went in there and talked to him You're seeing his expression and you would have thought he was 18 for 25 from the field with 40 points Just because you know the happiness of winning and that's really all that matters is winning the game and series Appreciate y'all