Lonzo Ball might have finished his 24 minutes of playing time Friday without a steal, but he was disruptive anyway, getting his hands on passes that made the Golden State Warriors have to work just a little bit harder on offense.
Last season, the Lakers point guard showed some aptitude in that part of his game. It was on defense that his best contributions came as a rookie.
That’s no easy task in the NBA, and at times the Lakers helped Ball by having other defenders switch onto some of the league’s elite point guards.