Russell Westbrook’s benching in the fourth quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers loss to the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday has dominated the NBA headlines. Storylines started appearing from his leaving the arena and not making himself available to the media to the Lakers front office giving Frank Vogel the green light to bench him. The
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The Lakers’ continued struggles are mounting ahead of the Feb. 10th trade deadline. Russell Westbrook’s recent shooting slump reached a boiling point when he was benched in the fourth quarter of Wednesday’s 111-104 loss to the Pacers at home. Now, in what appears to be a desperation move to climb out of a below .500 hole, the
Lakers head coach Frank Vogel decided not use Russell Westbrook in the final minutes of the Pacers game which ended with Indiana taking an unlikely win. With a little less than 4 minutes left to play in the fourth quarter the Lakers were down by 7 points as Westbrook was replaced with Malik Monk. The