Marcus Smart’s leadership inspires Lakers’ first post-All-Star victory

LOS ANGELES — Marcus Smart watched as Austin Reaves held court, the Lakers’ second-leading scorer Friday night sharing to television cameras, and hands held out with phones and recorders, how he processed the 125-122 victory over the Clippers.

Compared to the 29 points and six rebounds that Reaves produced – along with drawing the arguably game-sealing charge that fouled out Clippers guard Bennedict Mathurin – Smart had little to wax over.

Forget second or third fiddle, the 31-year-old...