D’Angelo Russell, facing the Lakers for the first time since last month’s trade, was sharp off the bench and kept the Nets in striking distance throughout the night.

D'Angelo Russell is looking forward to "moving on" as he faces the Los Angeles Lakers with the Brooklyn Nets on Friday.

Austin Reaves scored a career-high 38 points, LeBron James had 29 and the Los Angeles Lakers held on to beat the Brooklyn Nets 102-101.

Despite a close miss by D'Angelo Russell, the Nets lost to the Lakers 102-101 in what was supposed to be a revenge game for Russell, who had 19 points, six rebounds, and eight assists off the bench. Ziaire Williams had 15 points and Tosan Evbuomwan had 15 points and six rebounds off the bench to continue his impressive stretch for Brooklyn after being one of the team's recent Two-Way signings.

Buha's take has a lot of validity to it. The Lakers currently occupy the sixth seed in the Western Conference. They are only two games back of the Denver Nuggets for a top four seed in the conference. That gap should be one that can be closed with small improvements.

Ahead of his first game against his former team since getting traded last month, Brooklyn Nets guard D'Angelo Russell commented Friday on how his second

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New Lakers big man Trey Jemison was a little disappointed in himself after his debut with the team against the Nets.

They have two future first-round draft picks and two second-round picks they can include in a potential trade before the deadline. On a recent episode of "Buha's Block," The Athletic insider Jovan Buha said he feels the team is trending toward making a smaller move rather than a bigger one (h/t Lakers Daily ).

Austin Reaves had himself a night on Friday as he went off for a career-high 38 points. The Lakers needed every point as they hung on to defeat the Brooklyn Nets 102-101 behind Reaves' monster effort.