A few trends have surfaced during the Lakers’ 6-5 start to the season, but none more pronounced than the role of their second unit.
That group features Jordan Clarkson, Lou Williams, Larry Nance Jr., Tarik Black and Brandon Ingram. That specific group has been used in nine of the Lakers’ 11 games, according to the NBA’s statistics, and played 73 minutes. It has a plus/minus rating of 27.8.
“They’ve been good since preseason,” Lakers Coach Luke Walton said. “Think that we give them a good amount of minutes and they make the most of it.