Since returning to the Lakers in a three-team trade on Feb. 9, guard D’Angelo Russell has played a key role in Los Angeles’s surge.
His 17.4 points per game helped the Lakers sneak into the playoffs in the first place, and despite occasional struggles, his contributions have been front and center in his team’s conquests of the Grizzlies and Warriors.
However, Russell has been invaluable in another department aside from assured guard play: comic relief.
