Amid an embarrassing stretch, the Lakers might have a deep concern. Tonight, LeBron James & Co. visited the Intuit Dome for the first time, facing the LA Clippers. After an evenly poised first half, the team completely threw the game away in the latter half. Not like it had happened for the first time, but it was still an embarrassing sight. Moreover, adding further salt to the wound, Austin Reaves rushed out of the court after an ugly fall with only a few minutes left in the game.

Trailing by 13 points in the final four-odd minutes, the LakeShow encountered an unfortunate situation. Anthony Davis took a shot from the deep. The ball ricocheted off the rim for a long rebound. Reaves, in the attempt to collect it, got sandwiched between Clippers’ Ivica Zubac and Amir Coffey.

The star guard took an ugly fall and banged his knees on the court. Moreover, the star, visibly in excruciating pain, asked to check out immediately.

Following that, the team couldn’t stage a comeback and suffered an embarrassing 97-112 loss. There wasn’t any immediate update on the star guard’s injury status. However, JJ Redick later confirmed that Austin Reaves “banged” his knees on the floor and asked to come out. Amid this tense situation, fans took over the comments to express their frustration.

Lakers fans rile up after Austin Reaves’ unfortunate fall

It’s indeed a tense moment. The Lakers definitely can’t afford an injury at this point, especially with an inconsistent bench. Dorian Finney-Smith didn’t bother to trouble the scorers, as he left the court with a 0-3 FG in his 22-minute stay. Amid this embarrassment, Reaves injury shook the Lakers. A fan wrote, “Doesn’t look good. Hopefully he didn’t tear anything.” Fortunately, AR didn’t do any damage to his knees.

Moreover, the latest update revealed from the Lakers’ Insider Jovan Buha reported that Austin Reaves was fine and will look to lace up against the Washington Wizards on Tuesday. Another fan found the root cause behind the star guard’s difficult night. The 26-year-old took only 6 shots, making 14 points.

Out of which, he scored only 2 points in the second half. This fan traced back to the brutal play in the late second quarter where Kawhi Leonard dropped AR swift handles and sunk a mid-range jumper over him. The fan took to the video of the play and shared the iconic shots from the film, Avengers: Infinity War, and hinted that Reaves’ game faded away after the disrespectful play.

Another fan, disappointed with the team’s state during Reaves’ injury, wrote, “Throw in the towel. Embarrassing” The Lakers suffered yet another defeat in the same pattern. After a tough back and forth in the first half, the team suffered a complete blow in the second half. Although the team managed to come out of a 26-point deficit with a late comeback in the fourth quarter, he didn’t quite pay off.

On the other hand, another frustrated fan wrote, “Who cares the team is a f—ing joke! Clueless lazy trash losers got blown off the f—ing court.” This fan literally didn’t let the injury concern bother them and pointed out the team’s sub-par performance. Anthony Davis, who started the season with an MVP-like run, mellowed down tonight, making 16 points with a poor 5-14 FG. Adding on it, another fan wrote, “I’m over this until they sign a center.” The team has been unsuccessful in its attempts to sign a backup traditional center to ease off Davis’ responsibility.