Lakers allow Russell Westbrook to botch final possession after Darvin Ham elects not to call timeout
Russell Westbrook played a good game for the Lakers on Sunday. He finished with 20 points, 14 rebounds and 13 assists, notching his fourth triple-double off the bench , the most in recorded history. He does good things for this Lakers team. He will never be a good fit with LeBron James, but he does good things. Those good things, unfortunately, rarely come in crunch time, where Westbrook is an impulsive, wild-card player who simply cannot be counted on to reign in his bullheaded confidence and get out of his own -- and the Lakers' -- way. It happened again on Sunday when Westbrook decided to go one on one with Joel Embiid in the Game 's final possession , with the Lakers trailing by one, rather than get the ball to James. To say the possession didn't work out would be an understatement. It was a disaster. This is an indescribably bad possession . pic.twitter.com/isDj3P77PP — Chris Ma...