Lakers beat Thunder on the road without Anthony Davis
made an impact. And while Westbrook had just eight points, his nine rebounds and seven assists helped the Lakers outscore the Thunder by 18 points in his minutes. Only James’ plus-minus rating was higher.
The Lakers’ Russell Westbrook, left, and the Thunder’s Kenrich Williams chase a loose ball. Westbrook had eight points, nine rebounds and seven assists. “To have the luxury of guys like myself, AD and Russ and Melo too, if we have emergency usage or bail-out moments, then so be it,” James said. “But as a team, it’s more important to our role players that we always attract two, three, four guys’ attention and we’re able to find our guys and have that ball moving from one side to the other where it just keeps the defense at bay.”
The Lakers aren’t fixed — and a long absence by Davis would be bad news. But for a night, they addressed what went wrong and made it better, leaving their coach happy that the next round of game film won’t be so bleak. “Really proud of our group for taking the lessons of last night’s game, where we failed to make the simple play, to see the open man in front of us and try not to force things to certain guys,” Vogel said. “We really bought into that morning film session and tried to have it carry over into tonight’s game. We moved the ball beautifully. And as a result, the shot quality was high and we had a great shooting night from the perimeter. Really proud of our guys.
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