Coming out of Wednesday’s overtime win over the Washington Wizards, one of the main stories focused on Brandon Ingram’s clutch performance. Ingram stepped up in the fourth quarter and overtime, and head coach Luke Walton believes the catalyst was some trash talking between Ingram and Kelly Oubre Jr.
Walton believes that Ingram plays better when he’s angry and Wednesday’s game was proof of that. The second-year forward wants to be the Lakers’ closer, but hasn’t always shown the ability to raise his game when it matters most.
That wasn’t the case against the Wizards as Ingram was in different mindset that even he couldn’t really explain.