Lakers takeaways: Another bad shooting night, Darvin Ham hears it from the fans
by Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times— Here are five takeaways from the Lakers' 112-105 loss to Denver in Game 3 that put the Nuggets up 3-0 in their first-round playoff series. Had the Lakers been able to pull out Game 3, particularly with the way they again defended the Nuggets for large stretches, maybe you could squint and see a pathway for the team to gain some ground in the matchup. But the shooting was a disaster for the second time in three games and the third quarter, again, was a mess. And now, the Lakers have to stave off...
CBS Sports—Lakers fire Darvin Ham: L.A. makes another coaching change after rocky season, first-round playoff exit. Ham coached the Lakers for only two seasons
TMZ—Lakers Fire Darvin Ham After Two Seasons. Darvin Ham is out of the job -- the Los Angeles Lakers just fired their head coach after two seasons on Friday days after the Purple and Gold were booted from the playoffs in the first round. Rumors of a change on the bench started right after…
Los Angeles Times—Plaschke: Hasty firing of coach Darvin Ham is more Lakers madness. Less than two years ago, LeBron James loved Darvin Ham. “So damn excited,” he tweeted when the Lakers hired their rookie coach. Less than a year ago, Rob Pelinka was thankful for Darvin Ham. “I'm incredibly grateful for Darvin, mostly because of just his character and makeup," Pelinka said to reporters, later adding, “And it's easy just to focus on Xs and O's. But I think when you lead with character, and you get a locker room to rally around belief, that's a special intangible skill that I...