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LOS ANGELES – There was a time early on in his Timberwolves days when Zach LaVine was considered a point guard, free to play-make with the ball in his hands.
Frankly, a position he quickly outgrew, emerging as an elite scorer first and foremost.
That’s why there were so many games in the first half of this 2022-23 campaign that became very clunky, especially in the fourth quarter.
Without Lonzo Ball [left knee] available, and Ayo Dosunmu not used most nights in closing situations, coach Billy Donovan went with a point guard-by-committee approach with LaVine and DeMar DeRozan.