Jake Laravia Won't Be Unknown To Lakers Fans Much Longer With Games Like This - Beritaja

The Lakers called a clip retired pinch 9:35 remaining successful the 4th fourth Sunday successful an effort to slow down a Miami Heat squad that had sliced a erstwhile 18-point Lakers lead to 3 points. Out of the clip out, the shot coiled up successful the hands of, not Luka Doncic aliases Austin Reaves, but Jake LaRavia.

It was up to LaRavia to present successful a beautiful large moment, and he did truthful emphatically pinch a left-handed dunk complete Heat 7-0 halfway Kel’el Ware.

The Lakers’ lead ne'er dipped beneath 4 points the remainder of the way.

“I person nary idea,” LaRavia said erstwhile asked really he pulled disconnected the dunk complete a taller defender. “This was the first clip I dunked, I think, successful a agelong clip pinch my near manus and I conscionable saw an unfastened lane. I was aggressively attacking it and he benignant of jumped a small spot late. So, I went up to spell dunk the shot for the first clip because I was conscionable trying to laic it up.”

It was yet different nighttime successful which LaRavia, who had 25 points, 8 rebounds and 4 steals, was fierce for the Lakers, playing a salient domiciled successful the Lakers’ 130-120 triumph over the Heat connected Sunday nighttime astatine Crypto.com Arena.

In his past 3 games, LaRavia has been connected a tear.

He had 13 points connected five-for-eight shooting and 5 rebounds astatine Memphis past Friday nighttime and he had 27 points connected 10-for-11 shooting, including going five-for-six from three-point scope past Wednesday nighttime astatine Minnesota.

“Yeah, I conscionable happened to beryllium scoring a batch of points recently,” LaRavia said. “I’m making a batch of shots, like, astatine the extremity of the day. The crippled against Minnesota I missed 1 shot. This crippled I missed 3 shots truthful evidently erstwhile I’m playing, shooting the shot 80% aliases higher, I’m going to people a lot. But again, I preach this each clip I talk to the media, it’s very easy to play pinch Luka and AR. A batch of my buckets are moving past the defense successful transition, conscionable moving harder than the different squad and getting those dunks aliases those layups, and past conscionable shooting the catch-and-shoot threes erstwhile I get them.”

Even if fans don’t cognize his name, they are starting to admit LaRavia for his scoring exploits.

During the crippled astatine Minnesota, fans yelled, “Who is No. 12?”

That is LaRavia’s number.

“I benignant of put my hands up for illustration this and I benignant of agreed pinch them, ‘Who is No. 12?’ I benignant of played into it a small bit,” LaRavia said. “I find that benignant of worldly funny, origin I americium not good known astatine this infinitesimal truthful I’m conscionable caput down, moving hard. That’s each I do.”

Well, during Sunday night’s game, Lakers fans joked, “Who is No. 12?”

“I heard it about 3 times,” he said. “I deliberation it’s good. Shout-out (Minnesota’s) Anthony Edwards for allowing that clip to spell viral. Yeah, I deliberation it’s good. I deliberation it’s funny.”

Jaxson Hayes stars successful his role

Jaxson Hayes and Jake LaRavia stock a infinitesimal during the 2nd half Sunday.

(Eric Thayer / Los Angeles Times)

Jaxson Hayes came to the post-game podium wearing a Dodgers jersey, 1 he had received pinch his sanction and the No. 11 connected the backmost from throwing retired the first-pitch astatine a game.

Hayes talked about really “hyped” he was to spot the Dodgers triumph the World Series complete the Toronto Blue Jays Saturday night.

“I utilized to beryllium a Reds fan, but past they canceled connected maine throwing retired the first transportation a fewer times, truthful now I’m a Dodgers fan,” Hayes said. “And then, yeah, I was hyped. That crippled was crazy. I didn’t really get into shot until I moved retired present and now I watch a batch of the Dodgers games. It was wild.”

Hayes started astatine halfway for the Lakers against the Heat because Deandre Ayton was sidelined pinch backmost spasms.

Hayes was connected his game, catching lob passes for dunks, being progressive moving the level successful scoring 15 points and grabbing 5 rebounds. He made each 7 of his shots.

“My guards springiness maine bully looks,” Hayes said. “I conscionable do the aforesaid point each night. It conscionable depends connected really the defense is. Sometimes it mightiness conscionable beryllium them hitting maine successful the pocket, maine hitting a corner. Other nights, it mightiness beryllium maine getting dunks. Other nights, it’s the defender coming disconnected for layups. So, I mean, it’s conscionable really the guards get maine going.”

Hayes moreover drilled a three-pointer, his first of the season.

Bronny James plays important minutes

Bronny James dunks during the first half against Miami connected Sunday.

(Eric Thayer / Los Angeles Times)

Bronny James played almost 7 minutes successful the 4th quarter, a motion of the religion Lakers coach JJ Redick has successful his second-year guard.

James played a small complete 11 minutes overall, scoring conscionable 2 points, but notching 3 steals.

“I thought he was really bully connected the ball,” Redick said. “He sewage a bargain disconnected the ball, but I thought he was really bully connected the ball.”

James’ handbasket came disconnected a lob walk from Reaves connected the accelerated break, a dunk that had the crowd connected its feet and his teammates leaping disconnected the bench, including his dad, LeBron James, who is still retired pinch sciatica.