Things Took A WILD TURN Last Night...

Austin Reeves went up against the entire city of Detroit last night. Finds Reeves with four, with three, a three-pointer, good! AR clutch! Look at him, he's pointing to the same guy. LeBron just gave his haters some more ammunition. Let's see if Puzalas can do just that. Stops as he turns over the... Oh, Boosie Vert, you gotta be kidding me. Josh Giddey does not get a foul call on the opposite end, but LeBron James does. And we had a bunch of guys putting up spectacular numbers. But we got a start in Detroit, where Pistons fans took a sigh of relief after hearing that the league's leading scorer won't be playing against them. Regardless, the Lakers burst out of the gates with Reeves and Grimes taking over the scoring load in the first quarter. Wow, what was that? Quentin Grimes added too much sauce on his back to back 3 but it worked. The Pistons were caught by surprise early on looking frustrated as Paul Reed wanted to kick Laravia while he was down here and actually got away from it without a technical. That's going to count if it goes or no. It's going to be 24 seconds. Uh-oh, uh-oh. LaRavia and Reed. Reed took a little kick at Jake, to be honest. The refs definitely let that slide so the Lakers took justice into their own hands. They reach in, they knock it off with his leg, and he scores anyway! The Lakers are looking to take advantage again of a miscue, and they're going to do it here! Ahead of the pack goes Grimes! They have held Detroit to 14 points. Remember we said how inconsistent they were. Drive, kick, movement, Williams, again! Again! Again! Reeves, Grimes and Williams outscored the Pistons 26-14 all by themselves to put LA up by 24 points after one. They led by as many as 26 points early in the second when Detroit finally woke up. Jenkins caps off a huge 19-5 run to narrow the gap to 12 points, turning the first quarter ending into a classic shootout between him and AR. Reeves kept pouring in crazy herky jerky points time and time again, but Dennis Jenkins was breathing down his neck. Getting him back to an 18 point bulge. This guy went completely nuts in the second period, knocking down 6 of 7 from downtown to single-handedly keep the Pistons in pursuit. But before we move on to the second half, I gotta show you this face-to-face confrontation between AR and one courtside Pistons fan. Let him know how bad he's doing his home team right now. I don't know what was said here, but it sure gave Reeves a lot of motivation to keep killing. Still in. Are you kidding me? Reeves continued doing damage in the most erratic way possible, with each shot being crazier than the last, even surprising himself in the process. Honestly, when I stepped back and shot it, I was like, this is some Lugawood shoot. However, Kevin Herter on the other end was doing some crazy work himself. Down the middle, Herter, behind the pass, it goes to Jenkins and he... The Red Velvet stepped into Jenkins' shoes in the third period, leading Detroit to an 11-0 blitz, cutting the deficit to just three points. Herter and Jenkins combined for a mind-boggling 55 points off the bench on a sizzling 52% efficiency from deep. And when Reeves got into a shooting slump in the fourth, the Lakers were clinging to their tiny lead mostly thanks to these guys. And then you airball it. At the other end. Score! First and second and third opportunities. Three, two, one. Good block. Blocked under. That was Thompson. I think I said Reeves coming up. That was Thompson. Williams. Got it. Yes, sir. Reeves all the way. Drive. Kick. Sexton. Three on its way. Kessler battling. Has it. Scores! The big guy! Walker Kessler was instrumental inside the paint on both ends of the court, posting 12 points, 16 rebounds and 3 blocks on 50% from the field, while Sexton and Zaire added 17 points apiece to keep LA up by 7 in the clutch. But when push came to shove in the last minute of the game, Stone Cold Reeves emerged once again and did this. He needs help. Finds Reeves with four, with three. A three-pointer. Goal! We kind of wanted and expected, right? Austin motherfucking Reeves exploded for 43 points and the dagger on a blistering 67% shooting from long range to carry his team to the victory without Luka Doncic. Unbelievable. The Lakers are now sharing the best record in the league with the 76ers who faced off the young bulls last night. Caleb Wilson and Matas Bazelas show that the world belongs to the younger generation, flying up and down the court with ease. But La Pops still got hops and he made sure to remind them. The Sixers picked up the slack and turned defense into offense to take control of the game. Okoro trying to return the favor. VJ swallows up that pass. Numbers. Simmons back to Maxey. That is how you run a three-man break. Timeout Chicago. Maxey put Philly up by double digits with the easy bucket in transition while Giddey was putting his name into shagged in a full contention. Out of his 15 assists last night, that was one of his best. It's muscle memory, what else can he do? And speaking of that, VJ showcased his signature move. Seeing this first hand, Lebron got pumped up and tried to make a poster of his own, but... Yeah, James didn't get the dunk, but he made sure to sink this fadeaway and give his team a 9-point lead just a minute later. But then, they suddenly went cold and the Bulls knew how to punish that. Shot clock at six for Embiid, and Smith blocks it. Those have had many blocked shots today. Jalen Smith's had a couple. Giddey trying to dump it off, got it back. Josh Giddey doing it all in this quarter, keeping the Bulls close now, 1-13, 1-10. Bulls have a great chance to pull this game out, pull off the upset. Twelve turnover from the Bulls, most of them in the second half. Rozell says no way. Great job by Modest Rozella. Thank you. Thank you very much. And they turn that into a bucket. Get out! Giddey sends it out, Caleb Wilson, three. Give us one, Caleb Wilson. Caleb Wilson cuts it to 3 with his 18th point of the night and the crowd is buzzing. However, the Sixers have all the experience to handle situations like this. So… So... Happily slows things down with this four-point lead. No need to rush. LeBron. Kick out. Tyrese Maxey. The sidestep triple is good! The marvelous Mr. Maxey at it again! Brown blowing past DeCoro when he's bounced. Now playing some defense on Giddey, knocks it away from him, LeBron's got it. Smart. Smart. At the end, Maxey with 27 and Brown with 29 led the Fab 5 to a combined 86% of the team's total points. A 109 out of the 127 total came from the starting lineup. That's crazy. No other team in the NBA is so heavily dependent on their main guys. The Miami Heat, for example, were heavily dependent on Giannis at the start, but lately he gets a lot of help from this guy. Plenty of shot clock time as Thompson dialed one before releasing. Seven straight missed games, played the first two games of the season, has been out ever since with an injury. That's a triple. Possession that came right down to the final tick of a clock. Thompson. Thompson got it going early on, knocking down 3 straight shots from downtown, but he was just heating up. Bottoms up for Klay Thompson, another triple. Captain Klay put on a show in Sacramento, drilling seven threes on his way to 23 points, lifting the Heat up by 15 in the third. But unfortunately for him, the Kings came up with a huge run to erase all of his efforts. Hand off to Sharp, three-pointer, high archer, splash. Kings need a stop, they get the stop, a poke away. Monk on the move, Malik to the rack. Scoop and score for Malik Monk. Malik Monk appeared out of nowhere to bring Sacramento right back into the game, igniting an electric 14-0 run, and from that point on, Darius Acuff Jr. took over. To be saying that in game 10 of the season is kind of mind-boggling. Here's Acuff with the lefty scoop. Davion Mitchell comfortable in the closing minutes. Four and a half to go. Davion Acuff slips through the defense. The high-profile rookie kept the Kings within striking distance at the end, posting 32 points, 10 assists, and five boards in this one. Luckily for Miami, Davion Mitchell had enough. Blocked from behind by Mitchell. What a takeaway. A monster block by Davion off-night on one end leading to this beautiful finger roll by Thompson on the other. So, up by 5 in the clutch, the leader of the group took over the reins. The Greek Freak was once again elite, putting up 29 points, 14 boards and a couple of blocks and steals on 61% efficiency to finish the job with a win in Sacramento. Meanwhile in Dallas, Cooper Flag was just as impressive. With a great push to the basket, and then a creative little finish. Then a good free throw shooter, 81 for his career is the percentage. Here's Coop attacking into the quarter. Coop flings up a three, bullseye! He played all but 12 seconds of the first quarter. And here's Coop driving it through! Boom, Cooper was hooping against the Nets, racking up 25 points, 12 assists and 6 boards in just 28 minutes of action. That's all it took to handle the business in a wire-to-wire blowout win for the Mavs, but the play of the game belonged to Najee Marshall and Kyrie Irving. Wow, the cross-court bounce pass and then the circus finish by Kai who thought he lost the ball before it went through the net. That was ridiculous. And so is Paul George's bag. George catch and shoot. Ridiculous angle. He was behind the glass. And that was sick footwork. George with a little block work on Jaquez. Paul George, the step back, keeps the dribble alive. Oh, my gosh. Dude, wow. His alma mater, Syracuse, where he was a manager for Jim Boeheim, is taking on Indiana tomorrow. Oh, Paul George. Silky smooth. Damn, BG still got it. He's gotta be one of the most aesthetically pleasing guys to watch in today's NBA. George had a throwback performance of 27 points on 61% shooting from the field, leading the Celtics to a dominant win over the Bucks and an 8-2 overall record. I expected him to be good, but not that nice. And I certainly didn't expect Utah to be this bad. Give it up to Gobert, hand off to Ball, over four minutes gone by, Ball! LaMelo Ball was doing whatever you wanted against the Jazz and so was Ayomide Sumu. Gobert, outside to Sumu, catch! Io and Melo combined for 50 points on 53% efficiency from beyond the arc, taking the Wolves to their fourth win in a row without Ant-Man. Meanwhile, the Jazz took another huge blow when Keontae George fell down with an ankle injury. They can't catch a break. On the contrary, after losing seven consecutive games, the Clippers finally saw daylight. The Clippers bring in one of their linchpins in Max Strus and his former Cleveland teammate this season. Darius Garland balled out last night, posting 24 points and 10 dimes in the comfortable win over the Pels. Brook Lopez put up a vintage performance as well, with 20 points on 73% efficiency. That's it for now, and you see that we're rolling with these recaps, so definitely make sure you subscribe for updates every single weekday. Talk to you in the next one. Peace out. Two in a row. Two in a row. Hell no.