Early in the fourth, it looked like the Lakers might be running out of steam, with Lance Stephenson having a laugh-out-loud possession that ended with him falling to the ground and shooting the ball away from the basket, over his head.
But Stephenson got back up and made huge plays down the stretch, hitting back-to-back three-point shots and finding LeBron James on a fast break with a gorgeous pass for an easy dunk.
In two straight games, Stephenson has been a difference-maker off the bench. Expecting it on a nightly basis is a mistake — he’s not a consistently reliable player.