Austin Reaves seemingly begged Lakers' Darvin Ham to sub in as the Nuggets took charge late in Game 5
This is a tough look for Darvin Ham
Austin Reaves could apparently see what everyone else saw late in the Los Angeles Lakers’ season-ending loss to the Denver Nuggets in Game 5 on Monday night.
After the Lakers’ lead slipped away in the must-win game, Reaves sat on the bench watching his team’s offense struggle to find a rhythm and create open looks. Yet head coach Darvin Ham kept the team’s third-leading scorer on the bench in the eventual 108-106 loss.
Ham’s job appears in serious jeopardy on Tuesday and this clip of Reaves seemingly pleading his case to get back on the floor won’t be doing the coach any favors.
This is simply a microcosm of the Lakers’ failures against a true title contender in the Nuggets, and it goes to show a bit of a disconnect between the team and coach. At the very least, that’s how fans are interpreting it — and many don’t want to give Ham another year to learn from his mistakes.