Lakers Should Start Smart with Bronny James

Shooting 4 of 16 is pretty bad. Bronny James couldn't do worse and plays good defense. Reeves averages just 16.9 points in playoff games. Even at his average he would not be enough to close the scoring gap with the Thunder. Coach Reddick should run the youngest players and keep swapping them out so they do at least get some playoff experience and make the Thunder sweat a little.

Adou Theiro should start as well. Hachimura and The Rival of Time are reliable, yet the rival does slump in the next one following a full time game. Theiro should replace Laravia; he couldn't do worse. Laravia and Reeves off the bench may be more accurate when they do get into the game. Each could consider the cosmos and meaning of Minkowski points while waiting to play.