Originally Posted by
Pelicanidae
He was also shooting 28% from the floor overall, had a -7 +/- and a -10.1 net rating. He had 0 points in the paint and refused to drive multiple times on open lanes. He was rebounding fairly well, but that was more of a product of Toronto's strategy on getting back on D than for crashing the offensive glass, because while he had 5 rebounds, they were all defensive, and they were all uncontested.
I'm not saying he had a bad game, he didn't, and we all know single game +/- can be a bit dodgy for obvious reasons. I'm not saying Gentry was right to hold him out: he wasn't, I think Lonzo should have played in the 4th as well.
But it's not like Lonzo was just out there having a crazy night and Gentry benched him for mysterious reasons. He was having a mediocre game overall, and the guys who were in (Hart, for example) were just playing better. If anything, Gentry's mistake was making lots of odd subs in overtime to disrupt the guys who had got us back into things in the first place.