After losing to the Trail Blazers, Reeves sent a text message to encourage Laravia: Even if you miss 100 times, you must continue to shoot.

In a regular season game that ended today, the Lakers defeated the Timberwolves 116-115.

According to Lakers reporters Woike reported that after Tuesday's game ended (Laravia scored 3 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists on 1-of-6 shooting), Reeves sent a text message to Lavia who was not performing well on his way home with his friends. He wrote: "Keep your head up, big man. Even if you miss a hundred times in a row, keep shooting. You are open and we need you now. You have been great, forget about the last game."

"I understand." Lavia replied.

In today's game, Laravia made 10 of 11 shots. After the game, he suddenly appeared during Reeves's ESPN interview and celebrated with his teammates. He responded to Reeves' encouragement with action.

"If you asked me two years ago whether it would make sense for me to say something like this, I probably wouldn't be sure," Reeves said, "but now I feel like encouraging these guys does have an impact."

In this campaign, Reeves Played 40 minutes, made 9 of 24 shots, scored 28 points, 1 rebound, 16 assists and 2 steals; Laravia played 37 minutes, made 10 of 11 shots, 5 of 6 three-pointers, 2 of 5 free throws, scored 27 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal.