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It was undoubtedly one of the Lake Show’s best team outings ever. It was a fantastic game. For the first time this season, the Lakers were playing with a true synchronicity on the court, something that had been lacking for the majority of the season. The Lakers have the potential to be very competitive in the NBA Playoffs if this current roster can stay together.

However, Monday night’s events for the Lakers weren’t entirely flawless. Austin Reaves’ start to the game could not have been worse when Jalen Johnson viciously dunked on him less than 20 seconds in.The Lakers would lead the game the entire way, thus that turned out to be the high point of the Hawks’ evening. Reaves did not have his typical fantastic scoring night for the purple and gold, however it’s possible that getting dunked on stressed him out a little.

Furthermore, it was inevitable that Reaves would have to discuss getting dunked on. Reaves laughed and grinned as he addressed the media following the game and accepted the viral moment in stride.

Austin Reaves of the Lakers reacts when Jalen Johnson posts something.Although it is encouraging to watch Reaves handle it so well, it is surely much simpler to do so when your side wins the rest of the game. Reaves most likely would have spoken to the media in a different way if the Lakers had fallen to the Hawks in this game.

Johnson’s game-winning dunk, fortunately for Reaves, wasn’t the league’s best dunk of the evening. Johnson’s dunk would have been the play of the game and the viral moment that went viral on social media on 364 days out of the year.

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Reaves is able to laugh this off as the league promptly forgets about it, due to Edwards and the Lakers’ victory.