When Wenyen Gabriel checked in for the first time as a member of the Lakers, he did so not only wearing his fourth different jersey this season, but his ninth — when including his stops in the G-League — in only four years. He entered Crypto.com Arena as a basketball-playing vagabond, hoping his latest stop would be less temporary than he had grown accustomed to, and maybe, even a place to call home.
There were only three minutes and 57 seconds left in what turned out to be a blowout when his number was finally called.