Austin Reaves scored a career-high 45 points and the streaking Los Angeles Lakers beat the Indiana Pacers 124-117 on Saturday without LeBron James or Luka Doncic. Rui Hachimura scored 24 points for LA on his 27th birthday.

Austin Reaves scored 45 points for the Lakers, who were without LeBron James and newly acquired Luka Doncic, but still had enough to beat the Pacers.

On a nationally-televised afternoon game, the Indiana Pacers will take on the new-look Los Angeles Lakers. At least, that's what the NBA thought when they flexed the game to ESPN.