Austin Reaves is typically a complementary player for the Los Angeles Lakers, but he's fresh off one of the top performances in franchise history.

Reaves looks to follow-up an outing in which he nearly nailed a 50-point triple-double when the Lakers host the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night.

Reaves scored a career-best 51 points and also had 11 rebounds and nine assists while leading Los Angeles to a 127-120 victory over the host Sacramento Kings on Sunday night.

"He was fantastic," Lakers coach JJ Redick said of Reaves. "Did a little bit of everything for us. All over the place, scored the basketball at an incredible level. But just his tenacity to compete -- it's so apparent every single day he's in the gym and he just loves competition."

Reaves stepped up after the club learne

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