The start of the season has been an interesting one for Los Angeles Lakers power forward Julius Randle, as for really the first time in his career he was asked to come off the bench.
He didn’t respond well at first as he was frustrated with what he viewed as a demotion.
But he broke out in the Lakers third game of the season, as Luke Walton called his performance against the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday his best game of the season.
Randle built off that performance Wednesday night against the Washington Wizards, as although he didn’t contribute much in the first three quarters, he came up big in the fourth quarter and overtime of the 102-99 win.