The Los Angeles Lakers had an interesting situation Wednesday when Russell Westbrook was benched for the final 3:52 minutes against the Utah Jazz.
The Lakers couldn’t get stops on defense and needed reliable scoring on offense, so Frank Vogel and the staff pulled Westbrook for Malik Monk. Vogel after the game said he played the players he thought would win the game, and a report shortly after said Vogel had the green light from the front office to bench Westbrook.
Westbrook had left the arena before he could do a post-game press conference, so he didn’t get to give his thoughts then. But in an interview with Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, Westbrook discussed the benching:
