Desperate times call for desperate measures. Here’s the Orange County Register reporting on the Lakers, who are 6-16 this season:
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It is no surprise to see Kobe Bryant with the ball in his hands at the end of games.
But late in Tuesday’s 98-95 win over the Sacramento Kings, it was by design.
Coach Byron Scott opted to eschew a traditional backcourt, playing Bryant at point guard for all but the final 34 seconds of the fourth quarter.
It worked, as the Lakers star scored or assisted on each of the Lakers’ final five field goals.
Shifting Bryant to point guard at critical junctures is something Scott said he had been thinking about, and he said he has gone so far as to contemplate starting the 36-year-old at the position.
“I even talked to him about it,” Scott said. “I said, ‘I’m thinking about it, but I’m not there yet.’ So yeah I have thought about it.”
