...the Indiana Pacers increased the pressure on Lakers coach Frank Vogel with a 111-104 victory over Los Angeles on Wednesday night.
...the Pacers...snapped a four-game losing streak with just their second victory in 12 games. The Eastern Conference's 13th-place team roared past the Lakers in the fourth, starting with a 14-2 run...
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...Indiana won with a high degree of difficulty: Brogdon was on a minutes limit in his return from injury, while Sabonis played on a sprained ankle that's "probably going to be significant...
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LeBron James had 30 points and 12 rebounds...for the Lakers, who have lost four of five to fall back below .500. Talen Horton-Tucker added 20 points in the latest embarrassing loss during a season dotted with them for the 17-time champion franchise...
"Of course there's a lot of frustration, for sure," James said. "I feel like we have a good enough team to win ballgames and be over .500. But our record is ... we are who we are. ...
Russell Westbrook scored 14 points on 5-for-17 shooting, and Vogel kept the struggling former NBA MVP on the Lakers' bench for the final 3:52.
1) The pressure should have been released with Vogel's release by now.
2) A loss at home to the "Eastern Conference's 13th-place team"...
3) "lost four of five", "back below .500."
4) Vogel had to get MANAGEMENT'S permission to bench Russ in the 4th.
Jeannie Buss: You are disgracing the legacy of excellence that you inherited from your brilliant father with your paralysis; Magic Johnson is disgusted; your team is "embarrassing." Why does Frank Vogel have your permission to coach this fantasy team any longer? You are the custodian of the most glamorous franchise in the Association and you're spattering it with a shit storm.
