The Los Angeles Lakers have lost three games in a row, have four players and their head coach in the NBA's health and safety protocols and are still reeling from the news that Anthony Davis is expected to miss at least a month with a sprained MCL in his left knee.
As the team tries to weather the maelstrom of maladies it is facing, former league MVP and nine-time All-Star Russell Westbrook has taken it upon himself to try to pull them out of it.
However, acting head coach David Fizdale -- filling in for Frank Vogel while he is recovering from COVID-19 -- said the Lakers don't need Westbrook to ride up on his white horse and play the hero.