One of the big questions regarding the Los Angeles Lakers has been their center rotation. Andre Drummond has assumed the starting role since he was brought in off the buyout market, and Montrezl Harrell has been one of the team’s best reserves for much of the season. This has left Marc Gasol out of the rotation on many nights recently.
But when Frank Vogel has called on Gasol, he has been excellent in recent months and that was again the case in the Lakers’ contest against the Portland Trail Blazers. Gasol’s box score numbers won’t necessarily stand out as he finished with six points, four rebounds and two steals, but his impact was felt throughout the contest and he was clearly the Lakers’ best big man not named Anthony Davis.