The ball would bounce on the floor at the start of each Wizards possession before Ty Lawson picked it up. In the few seconds between, the veteran point guard would look toward the bench at coach Scott Brooks.
“I’d tell Otto (Porter) to let it bounce so I could ask coach what to run,” Lawson said.
Signed two days before the start of the playoffs, Lawson was new to the Wizards’ scheme. He estimated last week that he knew 60-70 percent of the playbook, getting down the concepts but not memorizing the various options in each play.