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Luke Walton says Brandon Ingram, Lonzo Ball and other Lakers starters need to play with more “passion and fire”

After the Los Angeles Lakers lost to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday, everyone was frustrated, but the most interesting tidbit to come from the losing locker room might have been the way Lakers head coach Luke Walton issued his most pointed criticism of Brandon Ingram and Lonzo Ball yet.

Walton was totally calm when he was saying this, and for context I’ve included the actual question he was asked, but the bolded parts of the response were... interesting (via Spectrum Sportsnet):

Without some of your typical leaders, what have you seen from Brandon and Lonzo and that starting lineup over these last couple of games?