NEW YORK (AP) — Austin Reaves was bored. He would lift weights during the day, but all he could do during games was watch his Los Angeles Lakers from the bench. “I think all I did for a month and a half was yell at the refs.

The Los Angeles Lakers head to New York to take on the Brooklyn Nets at Barclays Center in a regular-season NBA matchup on Tuesday night.

Sources inside the Lakers locker room are fans of Brooklyn center Day’Ron Sharpe, who had 19 points and 14 rebounds in the Nets’ loss to the Lakers on Tuesday night.

NEW YORK (AP) — LeBron James scored 25 points, Luka Doncic had 24 and the Los Angeles Lakers rolled to a 125-109 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday night in Austin Reaves' first game since Christmas.

A sellout crowd packed Barclays Center to watch what might have been LeBron James’ last game in New York. They saw King James give the Nets a royal thrashing. The Nets got beaten 125-109 by James and his Lakers before a crowd of 18,

It’s not certain that the Nets move Michael Porter Jr. by the NBA trade deadline, and if they do, it likely won’t be Lakers or Warriors.

The Los Angeles Lakers made one trade prior to Thursday's deadline, sending Gabe Vincent and a second-round draft pick to the Atlanta Hawks for Luke Kennard.

The Brooklyn Nets host the Los Angeles Lakers tonight, who are coming off a rough road stretch, and a recent loss to the Knicks, needing a win.