The Los Angeles Lakers’ young players weren’t really able to see any positives in their late-game collapse against the Washington Wizards Tuesday, but on his 37th birthday, head coach Luke Walton had the benefit of a bit more perspective.
Thus, Walton was still able to see one bright spot in the team’s defeat: The transcendent play of D’Angelo Russell, who he said has been “great” since being moved to the bench and then back into the starting lineup over the past several weeks.
"He was brilliant. Some of that passing he had, I told him early on we need to get the pace faster.