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The gifted point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers, D’Angelo Russell, occasionally shows everyone why he was an All-Star. For instance, last Friday. Russell took off while LeBron James was sidelined. Of his 44 points, 27 came from threes. He grabbed six rebounds. He provided nine assists. He scored over half of his points in the fourth quarter, including the game-winning off-balance basket with six seconds remaining.

Russell, the troubled Lakers playmaker, occasionally shows everyone why he is not a reliable player in the postseason. One of those nights was Wednesday. The Lakers were up a couple games in the standings against their conference opponent, the Sacramento Kings. In just 29 minutes, Russell scored six points. He was number two out of nine.

I had a rough night,” Russell remarked following the match.

As the Lakers get ready for the postseason, compile a list of circumstances that they will probably need to deal with, such playing at least one win-or-go-home game in the play-in round. A faltering performance. A defense that isn’t consistent. A fruitless three-point attempt. Russell might be the largest. With 19.6 points on 49.1% shooting, including 45.6% from three-point range, he has good performance in victories. In losses, he is not as effective: 15.4 points on 43.3% shooting.

Russell can carry a team on certain nights.

He can sink it for others.

This is a well-known tale. Russell was traded to the Lakers in the middle of the season, and he went on to dominate that year. In 17 games, he scored 17.4 points on average while making 48.4% of his field goals and 41.4% of his threes. He shot 31% from three and 32.6% from the field in the playoffs. In the conference finals, he had his lowest point of performance, hitting 13.3% of his threes and 32.3% of his shots against the Denver Nuggets.

It’s a problem. The Lakers are aware of this. It goes without saying that Los Angeles sought to improve prior to the trade deadline. The Lakers gave Zach LaVine and Bruce Brown a hard time. Russell and his $17.3 million contract would not exist if Dejounte Murray’s asking price wasn’t so high.

To his credit, Russell doesn’t appear to be bothered by the commotion. In his nine seasons, he has experienced a lot. A turbulent initial two years in L.A. a rebirth in Brooklyn that came to a stop when Russell was acquired in exchange for Kevin Durant. a 33-game Golden State Warriors tenure. A relationship that started out well in Minnesota with close friend Karl-Anthony Towns—the Wolves qualified for the playoffs in 2021–2022—but ended with Russell being traded to Los Angeles the following year. The Lakers have devoted the majority of his return to Los Angeles’s year to trying to find a replacement.