Austin Reaves scored a career high 35 points as the Los Angeles Lakers rekindled their play-off push with a 111-105 win over the Orlando Magic.
D’Angelo Russell scored 18 and Anthony Davis added 15 points to end the Lakers’ two-game losing streak.
Reaves was met with chants for ‘MVP’ from the crowd at the Crypto.com Arena.
Austin Reave.
The Lakers are 10th in the Western Conference, taking the last spot in the play-in tournament with 10 games of the regular season remaining.
Teams placed seventh to 10th in the Western and Eastern conferences will contest the play-in. with two teams taking the final two spots in the plays-offs.
Elsewhere, Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 22 points and achieved 13 rebounds and 10 assists as Eastern Conference leaders the Milwaukee Bucks recorded a 118-111 win over the play-off chasing Toronto Raptors.
Nikola Jokic scored his 28th triple-double of the season in the Denver Nuggets’ 108-102 victory over the Brooklyn Nets.
The Nuggets lead the Western Conference by four games.
