LOS ANGELES—Roy Hibbert was on the bench when the final horn of his very first game with the Los Angeles Lakers blew. Their opponent, the Minnesota Timberwolves—and more specifically, Ricky Rubio—were pick-and-rolling the Lakers to death, tossing in wide open jumpers down the stretch; the exact type of shot Hibbert can force but not contest.
“Roy is not a show guy, he’s a plug guy,” Lakers head coach Byron Scott said after the game. “So Rubio’s coming up just wide open, so we had to change it up.”
