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Los Angeles Lakers: 4 Lessons from win against Sacramento Kings

By Ronald Agers

SACRAMENTO, CA - FEBRUARY 1: LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers drives to the basket against the Sacramento Kings on February 1, 2020 at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2020 NBAE (Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images)
SACRAMENTO, CA - FEBRUARY 1: LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers drives to the basket against the Sacramento Kings on February 1, 2020 at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2020 NBAE (Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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Kyle Kuzma will be around next weekend. But if he is traded, nobody on the Kings is worth him at any price.

Bench play will be an issue for the Los Angeles Lakers until a change is made on the roster. Cool. But the changes do not need to come from the roster of the Sacramento Kings. Outside of a deal that the Lakers can’t refuse, why would any major changes be necessary?

After this win, the Lakers became the first team in NBA history to win 15 straight Western Conference road games. Is this a team that needs Bogdan Bogdanovic? A guy that is putting up slightly better numbers with bad defense? Oh, by the way, he scored eight points in this game on 3-of-8 shooting.

How about Nemanja Bjelica? The new flavor of the week. The bottom line, he doesn’t fit. No wonder the Lakers turned down the offer. He scored only nine points on 3-of-8 shooting. Six of those points were early in the contest, Lakers fans can’t have that short a memory. Remember this play earlier this year?

https://twitter.com/Lakers/status/1195564616010457088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1195564616010457088&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Flakeshowlife.com%2F2019%2F11%2F18%2Flos-angeles-lakers-3-lessons-learned-sacramento-kings-atlanta-hawks-sweep%2F

The bench does cause enough slippage for fans to worry about, but it’s about Frank Vogel using the players that are producing. Some players seem to get more minutes (Rondo?) than others who don’t deserve it.

In the third quarter, the Kings had momentum staying close 25-23. But after LeBron returned to the lineup, an 11-2 run put things away.

The point here is this. The Lakers weren’t in any danger of losing this game while showing the complete deficiencies of the two Kings players in Lakers rumors. Who tries plays like these, a full-court bounce passes?

https://twitter.com/Lakers/status/1223822642244796417

Keep Kyle Kuzma and leave those players alone.

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The Los Angeles Lakers play the Spurs on Tuesday night 7:00 PST 10:00 EST. A Lakers win guarantees the season series and a tiebreaker at the end of the season.

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