The Lakers entered the seeding games with questions about their backcourt rotation, justifiably so since the team is without two of the five guards who played the majority of the minutes before the hiatus.
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Alex Caruso have taken on larger roles, and conventional wisdom suggests that Dion Waiters would fill in the gaps as the lone primary ball-handler within the bunch. However, Frank Vogel appears to still be auditioning other candidates for the remaining minutes.
“We’re continuing to look at at different guys, and tonight was Talen and Quinn Cook and Dudz’ turn to get significant minutes, and I thought all three of those guys played really well,” Vogel said after the Lakers’ loss to the Indiana Pacers on Saturday.