With Lakers trailing in final seconds of regulation, Austin Reaves intentionally misses a FT, then hits a game-tying fadeaway.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Trailing 118-116 with 5.2 seconds remaining in regulation, the Los Angeles Lakers knew Austin Reaves would intentionally miss his second free throw attempt against the Denver Nuggets on Saturday night.
Recovering it himself to hit a game-tying floater with 1.9 seconds to go, propelling the Lakers to a vital 127-125 overtime victory, that was something else entirely.
“Yeah, it’s the perfect miss,” Lakers forward LeBron James said. “You got to have a perfect miss at that time, and great timing. He was able to hit it off that left side of the rim, recover it, and then still…