Austin Reaves responds to getting trolled by Lithuanian player

Vaidas Karniauskas may have intended to irritate Austin Reaves, but he was unsuccessful.

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After Team USA's shocking loss to Lithuania over the weekend, swingman Reaves of the Los Angeles Lakers was questioned.

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Mocked by the Lithuania player Kariniauskas during Monday's media scrum at the FIBA World Cup. Reaves responded quite responsibly, which deserves praise.

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It's basketball," Reaves reportedly responded, as reported by Nicole Ganglani of Silver Screen and Roll.

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It's a competition between him and myself. I don't have any strong feelings about what he did there.

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There have been plenty of occasions in my career when people have given me strange looks or done things, but it's just basketball, and it doesn't matter.

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To this Reaves chimed in, "He played a really good game" regarding Kariniauskas. As a team, they were superior to us and we lost. Because of this, we will recover.

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Karniauskas and Lithuania startled the basketball world with a 110-104 victory over the United States in a meaningless game on Sunday.

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Rich Paul has chosen to start hating like a pro this week.

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