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"Being underrated is my life story"

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In the last 8 seconds of overtime, the Lakers and the Lone Rangers drew 104, James held the ball and encountered a bag clip, the ball was given to Ellington at a 45-degree angle, Ellington divided the ball to The Bottom Corner of Westbrook, and then Westbrook broke through.

At the moment you think Major General West is going to force a layup, but he is extremely calm to pass the ball to Reeves outside the three-point line, who took a knife and hit a quasi-kill.

"Being underrated is my life story"

If you look at the slow motion of this ball, the moment Reeves shot, Hardaway Jr. even touched Reeves's hand, and Reeves also said that he was fouled after the game, but it didn't matter anymore.

After the pitch, the rookie was surrounded by a number of stars such as James, Thick Eyebrows and Wei Shao, and returned to the dressing room to be poured with drinks. The Lakers celebrated the alliance rookie's completion of the quasi-kill in this way.

After the game, Reeves said in an interview: "When I received the ball, there was probably more than 1 second left, and I had no other choice but to shoot. I feel like I've got trust, and I'm very grateful to my coach for trusting me and for my teammates for always trusting and encouraging me. ”

"Being underrated is my life story"

Vogel praised him: "That's what we like about him, he's a player who is both offensive and defensive and has always been good. He's a good defender, tall, fast-paced, and he's playing at a high level on both ends of the board. ”

In this game, Reeves' highlight moment was not just the final kill. In the whole game, Reeves played a total of 24 minutes, shooting 5 of 6 from three points, efficiently had 15 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal, and his positive or minus on the field reached +10, and the whole team was only lower than the thick eyebrow (+21).

Reeves was born in 1998, a full-fledged rookie, and after finishing his senior year, he averaged 18.3 points, 5.5 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game in his senior season.

In the draft, the Pistons tried to choose him with the No. 42 pick, but he refused. Because Reeves has a Lakers complex, and his trial performance with the Lakers is also good.

So he gave up the draft in order to be able to go to the team he wanted to go to.

This approach is also risky, because he also withdrew from the draft with Joel Ayay, who signed a two-way contract with the Lakers with Reeves, but ultimately failed to stay, and Reeves's two-way contract eventually became a two-year partial guarantee contract.

"Being underrated is my life story"

Reeves has a nickname for "Hillbilly Kobe."

"I should be 50 percent of the country and Kobe Bryant, I'm from the backcountry of Arkansas and grew up on a farm, so that's a good fit for me." Reeves explained it this way.

Reeves is from Newark, Arkansas, a small town of less than 1,200 people. There are no traffic lights in his hometown, only a supermarket, two small restaurants.

People in the whole town are almost familiar with each other, and from an early age, his parents told him and his brother that they must behave better in the town, because if they break through the slightest disaster, it will reach the ears of their parents.

Both of Reeves' parents were former members of the Arkansas State varsity team, but Reeves' love of basketball came more from his grandmother, Janet Reeves.

Grandmother is a big fan of Kobe Bryant, he will take his favorite little Austin to watch a Lakers game, even stay up until one or two o'clock in the morning to insist on watching, so "country Kobe" has become Reeves's nickname.

"Being underrated is my life story"

"In my first year at the University of Oklahoma, we had a graduate teaching assistant," Reeves said, "and one day he came up to me and said, 'I know your nickname, Hillbilly Kobe.'" ’”

Reeves recalls: "One of my teammates heard it and it became my nickname. For three years, people in Oklahoma called me that, and then I guess people elsewhere heard the nickname too. ”

Reeves' performance on the court also won the trust of his teammates, and according to kyle Goon, after a training session, James called Reeves from his seat to the court and asked him to continue practicing three-pointers with him.

James stood in the bottom corner, received Reeves' pass and shot, while Reeves stood near a 45-degree angle, first threw a ball himself, and then "assisted" James.

The reporter also said that when James struggled with poor shooting, he took the initiative to apologize to his little brother and interrupted his "assist".

"Being underrated is my life story"

The Lakers, who were short of major generals at the beginning of the season, Reeves quickly gained attention. So far this season, Reeves has played in 17 games for the Lakers, averaging 5.8 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game, shooting 50.0% from the field, 39.0% from three-point range and 88.2% from the free throw line.

For the Lakers senior team, young blood like Reeves is undoubtedly the best supplement. While Reeves doesn't look strong, he does work well on the defensive end.

This season, his defender shot only 34.7 percent from the field, nearly 10 percent lower than his usual 43.2 percent, and his opponent's three-point shooting percentage was only 25.4 percent, compared to 33.8 percent.

"Being underrated is my life story"

Speaking about the game, Reeves said: "It's going to be a story I'll remember for the rest of my life, I've been undervalued, I haven't been to a prestigious school, so I haven't gotten a lot of opportunities. Being underrated is my life story. But at the end of the day, it all comes to fruition on the basketball court. ”

"These guys are genuine, it's not very common, especially these guys on our team, 6 (future) Hall of Famers, and some guys who have been playing in the league for 10-12 years, so it feels very special. I don't know what to say, I grew up watching these people play, so for me, it's very, very special to be teammates with them. ”

"Being underrated is my life story"

After the game, Joey Bass, one of the Lakers owners and president of the Lakers' development league team, the South Bay Lakers, wrote: "Another young man who lost the election and had the experience of both the South Bay Lakers and the Lakers became a hero, and Reeves did a beautiful job!" ”

This night, Reeves' dream came true.

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"Being underrated is my life story"

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