There weren’t many bright spots from the Los Angeles Lakers’ 97-87 loss against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday night. It was among their better defensive efforts of the year, but that was clouded by 22 turnovers and ineffective offensive performances from the entire team. One of the lone individual silver linings was Christian Koloko.
Head coach JJ Redick gave Koloko 12 minutes of action on Friday night, the 12 minutes that Anthony Davis was off the court. In that time, Koloko did not score at all — and didn’t even have one field goal attempt — but he still showed exactly why the Lakers took a chance on him.