LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles Lakers coach Luke Walton blamed himself after a late turnover contributed to his team's collapse in the waning minutes of a 131-120 loss to the NBA's best team, the Milwaukee Bucks, on Friday.
Trailing 121-118 with less than two minutes to play, Walton called a timeout to draw up a play designed to feed LeBron James the ball and give him space in the open floor to mount an attack.
Only, while the mission of the play was clearly communicated, Walton said he failed to emphasize the initial trigger: inbounding the ball cleanly from the baseline.