Austin Reaves’ brother was bullying him about missing 3-pointers

It wasn’t hours in the gym, but instead, some brotherly love that got Austin Reaves’ jumper to work against the 76ers.

There's nothing like some hazing from a brother to push you into greatness.

That apparently happened to Austin Reaves, as his brother Spencer Reaves started berating him for his inability to make a three during the Lakers' first road trip of the year.

Over the past three games, Reaves' shooting from deep has been rough, going 5-25 from beyond the arch, while the Lakers finished their road trip, winning just one of those games.

With the Lakers back in Los Angeles, Reaves found his jumper against the 76ers, converting on six 3-pointers as the Lakers cruised to a 116-106 victory.

After the win, Reaves talked about finding his stroke and his brother bullying him into making some shots.

"Feels good," Reaves said. "My brother's been texting me, wearing me out about why I'm missing shots. He's definitely asleep right now so when he wakes up, I hope he's happy with how I shot it tonight. It's a miss-and-make league. You're going to go through times where you feel like you can't miss and then you're going to go through times where you feel like you can't make one."

Reaves was correct that his brother was out, but he shared his enthusiasm on the made threes in the morning and even jokingly offered to be the Lakers' online shooting coach.

Perhaps having Spencer as the Lakers' Lethal Shooter is exactly what they need to transform themselves from an average 3-point shooting team into one of the league's best.

The Lakers can just put Spencer in a group chat and he can text everyone on poor shooting nights and suggest that instead of missing those shots, they should make them. He could be an in-house Tony Robbins.

What I like about this strategy is that it shows that we don't need to start using advanced data to discuss basketball. We can bring it back to the basics.

For all the analytics and minutia in the game, this sport is pretty simple. Shots go in, you win; shots brick, you lose.

Maybe all Reaves needed was his brother reminding him to make his open jumpers instead of building houses on the road for four of the five games the Lakers played outside of Los Angeles.

With the team undefeated at home and a struggling Toronto Raptors up next, Reaves will have a chance to stay hot this weekend. So long as he remembers to, you know, make his shots.

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