Lakers tie team record for three-pointers in rout of Memphis

Austin Reaves and D’Angelo Russell celebrate during the third quarter. D’Angelo Russell skipped and Austin Reaves cooked, the Lakers playing their best basketball of the season. For all the thought that goes into constructing an NBA team and the time devoted to scouting an opponent’s strengths and weakness, shooting is the biggest equalizer, the fuel that can take the.500 Lakers and make them look like one of the most dangerous teams in the league. The Lakers, who had made more than a dozen three-pointers only once this season, canned 22 Tuesday in their second in-season tournament game, blowing out the short-handed Grizzlies 134-107 at Crypto.com Arena. And while the Lakers’ shooting started hot and stayed that way, seeing the ball go in seemed to caffeinate their defense, the team playing with the kind of energy and intensity they’ve struggled to find regularly early in the season.