VIDEO: Lakers' pick-and-roll coverage is nonexistent
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Let's count the errors on this play.
First, D'Angelo Russell shaded Jrue Holiday left on the pick-and-roll. However, Brandon Bass went to his right, which opened up a lane to the rim.
Despite watching the misplay unfold before him, Jordan Clarkson decided against rotating into the lane to pick up Holiday. Instead he just allowed him to head into the paint.
Finally, there stood just one man between Holiday and the hoop. Unfortunately, that man was 37-year-old Kobe Bryant, and he wanted no part of a meeting at the rim and just conceded the dunk.
Not unrelated: the Lakers rank dead last in defensive efficiency.