Frank Vogel reminded Los Angeles Lakers fans of Luke Walton. His rotations in the last quarter made no sense
Remember the part of the game when Green couldn’t miss? He scored 18 in the 3rd quarter alone and brought the Lakers back by himself. I mean most NBA coaches would keep a player that was in a zone on the floor until he at least missed right?
It’s something about Lakers coaches these days making rotation decisions that drives fans up the wall.
The way Green was shooting, he could have scored 40 points and the Lakers may have have won this game.
Instead, Vogel put Green on the bench and found minutes for Kentavious Caldwell-Pope.
Really?
Kawhi Leonard must have sent a limo to get KCP to the arena safe, because Leonard got anywhere on the floor that he wanted, scoring 30 points in his Clippers debut. After a slow start, Leonard scored seven straight baskets in the second quarter alone.
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What did Caldwell-Pope do? Zero points in 27 minutes. When the Lakers lost momentum in the 4th quarter, guess who was on the floor? It wasn’t the guy that was shooting the lights out. It was the guy that shot like the lights were out.
No matter how NBA fans feel about Rich Paul, performances like this from KCP shows that he is head and shoulders better than any agent in the NBA and it’s not even close. How this guy continues to get minutes in the rotation brings up nightmares of Luke Walton’s adjustments and rotations. Even Byron Scott had to roll his eyes on some of his decisions.
Instead of using the Lakers huge front line to wear down the Clippers, Vogel went right back to the small ball lineup that didn’t work in China. Remember, Davis said he didn’t want to play the five-spot. Dwight Howard and JaVale McGee combined for 7 points and 8 rebounds.
A loss to the Utah Jazz on Friday will start whispers of which of the three assistant coaches can make better adjustments.