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The Los Angeles Lakers are enjoying a stunning start to the 2025-25 campaign, thanks to their incredible backcourt duo. Despite missing LeBron James due to injury, Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves have stood on business for the Purple & Gold. That’s because, apart from boasting a strong 5-2 record, five of LA’s first seven games have featured a 40-point performance from either Doncic or Reaves. This has become such a common occurrence that AR predicted Doncic getting 40 even before tip-off against Memphis. The result? Well, the Slovenian point guard finished the night with 44 points, 12 rebounds, and 6 assists. After the game, when the 26-year-old was asked about his teammate predicting his box score, Doncic had a hilarious response. “Austin’s stupid,” he told Dave McMenamin, as Doncic burst into laughter. While that seemed to only the only glimpse of the duo’s bromance, that changed today, after the Lakers wrapped up their most recent win against the Heat. Although neither Luka nor Austin touched the 40-point mark against Miami, after the game, AR clapped back at Luka Doncic for last Friday’s comments. When asked about how the superstar point guard is managing expectations with fun this season, something he’s been commanded to follow by head coach JJ Redick, Austin Reaves gave a hilarious response. “He’s an idiot. I don’t know what he did yesterday, but he was in a really good mood today, joking around, having a good time, ” Reaves told the reporters. ADVERTISEMENT Article continues below this ad “I guess he’s a big football fan cuz he sits over there and watches the Chiefs-Bills game for a long time. He’s a Cowboys fan, I know. But yeah, it’s just, it’s human nature when things like last year happen. Nobody ever thought that that was going to happen. So, I’m sure he was in a state of shock and couldn’t believe it, and having to move his family. So, it was tough. And then now I think he’s just getting comfortable having a good time. But yeah, he’s he acts like a kid. he needs to grow up at some point.” He further explained. (this is a developing story…)
