On Friday night, the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Brooklyn Nets by a score of 102-101. Austin Reaves led the team with 38 points in 37 minutes of playing time.

Here are three Brooklyn Nets takeaways from Friday's 102-101 loss at the Los Angeles Lakers in D'Angelo Russell's return to Los Angeles.

The Los Angeles Lakers scored back-to-back wins after escaping the Brooklyn Nets by the skin of their teeth, 102-101, at Crypto.com Arena on Friday. The Nets had the chance to steal the victory, but former Lakers guard D'Angelo Russell missed his last-gasp three-pointer.

Despite a close miss by D'Angelo Russell, the Nets lost to the Lakers 102-101 in what was supposed to be a revenge game for Russell, who had 19 points, six rebounds, and eight assists off the bench. Ziaire Williams had 15 points and Tosan Evbuomwan had 15 points and six rebounds off the bench to continue his impressive stretch for Brooklyn after being one of the team's recent Two-Way signings.

The Nets remain winless this season without Cam Johnson, falling to 0-9 without their floor-spacing forward after Friday’s 102-101 loss to the Lakers.

The Los Angeles Lakers were fighting with everything they had to avoid picking up a loss in the Crypto.com arena on Friday night. The Brooklyn Nets, who started the night at 14-27, should have been easy pickings for the Lakers but without Anthony Davis,

At least this time, the Nets showed some heart. But they had it broken, falling 102-101 to the Lakers, aided by some endgame heroics from LeBron James.

Lakers rookie Bronny James linked up with one of his former Sierra Canyon teammates, Ziaire Williams, after Friday's 102-101 win over the Brooklyn Nets. Bronny and Ziaire played together in 2019 ...

Ziaire Williams and Tosan Evbuomwan ... Rui Hachimura completed a three-point play to give the Lakers an 85-83 lead with 7:27 remaining and Los Angeles never trailed again. Reaves scored 15 ...

The Brooklyn Nets and LA Lakers lock horns on Friday at the Crypto.com Arena. The game will draw plenty of eyeballs, with D'Angelo Russell marking his return to LA after getting traded last month for Dorian Finney-Smith, who also potentially faces his ex-team if he plays.

The Los Angeles ... Nets, Ziaire Williams had a pretty solid showing with a final stat line of 15 points, 4 rebounds, and 3 assists on 5-13 shooting. In his first game against the Lakers since ...

Austin Reaves scored a career-high 38 points and the Los Angeles Lakers overcame the absence of Anthony Davis to earn a 102-101 victory over the visiting Brooklyn Nets on Friday.