The game's best effort came from Austin Reaves

Despite starting his 20th season, LeBron James was amazing, Kendrick Nunn was getting better, and even Russell Westbrook was making jumpers. However, the second-year sensation Austin Reaves, who really started to shine in his rookie season, may have had the game's most outstanding performance. Reaves only scored 6 points in the game but also contributed 9 assists, 7 rebounds, 3 steals, and 2 blocks.

Throughout the whole game, he was everywhere on the floor and never let up in terms of vigour and tenacity. Darvin Ham, the head coach, said of player number 15, "Austin is like a Swiss Army Knife... He's going to be a really, really important component in our effort to salvage this situation. Reaves achieved an above-average stat line despite the challenging assignment of guarding Chris Paul for the Suns.