Anthony Davis didn’t need 20/20 vision to see the Hawks were trying to grab the Lakers’ attention.
After the Lakers’ turned it over on the first play of the game, Hawks forward Jaylen Johnson turned the ensuing fast break into a highlight, jumping almost completely over Austin Reaves — the rare occasion where the story begins with an exclamation point before anything else is written.
The dunk, which for Reaves’ sake, got outdone by Anthony Edwards in Utah, triggered an 11-2 start for Atlanta, a quick, sudden wake-up call.
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But with Davis back after suffering a scratched cornea Saturday, the Lakers quickly found their rhythm, making sure Johnson’s highlight was an outlier in a game that was otherwise all Lakers.