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Can Anthony Davis and the Lakers get LeBron to play elite defense again?

Los Angeles Lakers coach Frank Vogel made a lot of strong decisions during his tenure as coach of the Indiana Pacers, but there was one mistake that's been hard to forget.

In Game 1 of the 2013 Eastern Conference finals Vogel took his defensive center, Roy Hibbert, off the floor for the final play of overtime against the Miami Heat. He conceded to the danger of small ball center Chris Bosh getting open for a jumper and was afraid switching would result in a bad match up elsewhere.

LeBron James crushed the strategy, zipping past Paul George for an uncontested layup at the buzzer with one of the best basket defenders of this era on the bench.