Austin Reaves’s Career Night Was Kickstarted by a Dak Prescott Interception

Anytime someone scores a lot of points, the Cowboys are inevitably involved.

Austin Reaves lit up the Kings on Sunday. / Ed Szczepanski-Imagn Images

Luka Dončić took the night off on Sunday as he's dealing with two injuries so Austin Reaves stepped up for the Lakers and scored a career-high 51 points in Los Angeles' 127-120 win over the Sacramento Kings. Reaves also had 11 rebounds, nine assists, two steals and made an impressive 21-of-22 free throws, but the most surprising thing about the game is what inspired his performance.

In a postgame interview Reaves revealed that his day began with a text to Dončić about a Dak Prescott interception. The two then went back and forth before his teammate told him he wanted him to score 60 against the Kings.

Close enough.

"He was like I need 60..."

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"I texted him this morning," said Reaves about Dončić. "We had a funny, I guess funny exchange. He's a Cowboys fan and I think Dak threw a pick or something so I texted him. Me and him, our whole relationship is just talking trash back and forth and towards the end of the conversation he says I need 60 tonight and I was like hahaha. And that was the end of the conversation. I don't know, he probably texted me I haven't looked at my phone, but yeah, I'm definitely holding that one over his head."

It was only a matter of time until the Cowboys were involved in someone scoring 51 points this year, it's just surprising it happened in the NBA.

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