Great fight to get back, but lost on our own immature acts and refs bias. LBJ fouled Brooks on the 3, and got him tossed for emotional reaction. Booker was not wise with that slap, for the risk of being called a foul that'd bail out LBJ, which became reality knowing the mindset of refs tonight.
That being said, the game lost in the 3rd with LaRavia and Vanderbilt harassing us into lost rebounds and TOs, without timely adjustment. With DA and Hayes, the four of them got 18 off. rebounds together, of 24 total Lakers ORs. It's Booker in the final 5 mins and Brooks and Gillespie with late 3s that brought us back from a 20 pts gap, to be lost as said above.
Booker is not fully healthy yet and needs his court time managed like MW's. Meanwhile our bench mob and whole team can easily get dismantled by tight defense, like Lakers in the 3rd and teams like OKC. Gillespie is better suited for 6th man off bench just as GA. We need Green back, Booker healthy, and more experience for our young guys.
