Frank Vogel takes the blame after Westbrook struggle in the opening game, says they didn’t involve him enough.
Los Angeles Lakers head coach Frank Vogel stated that he will take the blame as debutant Russell Westbrook struggled in the opening game.
The Los Angeles Lakers lost their opening game to Steve Kerr’s Golden State Warrior.
Westbrook struggled in the game and Vogel stated that they didn’t get him involved enough and vow to fix that.
“[Westbrook played] pretty good,” Vogel said after practice Thursday when asked how the Lakers’ major offseason acquisition looked in his review of the game film.
“We didn’t get him involved enough, and that’s on me. We continue to look at situations to make him useful and not pull away from what [Anthony Davis] and [LeBron James] are doing.
“Those guys obviously got going, but I didn’t do a good enough job getting Russ going, and that’s an easy fix. Something that we’re familiar with and keep looking at every day and get a little more comfortable with it.”
Davis also stated that know Westbrook will struggle in the opening game by the way he practice so well.
“He was himself, as a person and on the floor,” Davis said. “He got to some of his moves, the post-ups, where he scores. Dribble back-downs where he scores and dribble pull-ups off the glass — his go-to when he scores. Talking s— to everybody and all that.
“He was his normal self, and it’s good to see that. He had a day off to reflect, get over it, flush it. And then come back to practice and get back to being himself. And hopefully it carries over to tomorrow where he can be Russell Westbrook.
