By James Brown
Austin Reaves has been one of the standouts for Team USA, but he and the team had a bad night against Lithuania that became their first loss at the FIBA World Cup.
Reaves' detractors enjoyed the moment, despite Team USA losing to blame it all on Austin Reaves and called him a bad player, when the fallout wasn't only his responsibility.
One of the most notorious moments of the game was when the Lithuanian player Vaidas Kariniauskas taunted Reaves during the game and even trash-talked the Lakers star.
In the post-game presser, Kariniauskas revealed how Austin's brother, Spencer Reaves was involved "Nothing personal. It's just love for the game. I played with his brother last year. I talked with him before the game. Also said it was 'nothing special' and just trash talk part of the game."
Before today's practice, Austin Reaves was asked about how he felt this morning after the game and being taunted. "There's been many times in my career where people looked at me sideways or done stuff so it's basketball and at the end of the day, it doesn't matter." Said Austin Reaves.
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