Helene Elliott: Seven games into head coaching career, Lakers' Darvin Ham wisely trusts his gut
by Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times
Nov 03, 2022
4 minutes
LOS ANGELES — Lakers coach Darvin Ham usually carries a card that lists his options for plays he can call after a time out, or when he needs a 3-point shot. He didn't have it with him when the Lakers faced New Orleans on Wednesday but he had something better: a gut feeling about how to manage the closing seconds and a sense of fearlessness that could be one of his strongest assets in his first NBA head coaching job.
Foiled once when Lonnie Walker IV missed a potential game-tying 3-point shot with 2.8 seconds left in regulation, Ham
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