Darvin Ham Plays LeBron James Deep Into Lakers' 135-119 Loss in Houston. Coaching Malpractice?

The Lakers had a double overtime game in San Francisco, in which their primary players generally cracked the 40-minute barrier, or even significantly higher.

Anthony Davis aggravated the hip/groin thing that's been bugging him most of the year.

So it's no surprise the Lakers came out flat, especially defensively, in Monday's game against the Rockets. Stuff happens. Disappointing? Sure! But it happens. But while Lakers fans (understandably) focus on Darvin Ham's choices with the starting lineup, was Monday's game the dumbest he's coached this season?

Because in this game, where the Lakers were down by 30 five minutes into the third quarter, 39-year old LeBron James played deeeeeeeeep into the fourth. He played 37 minutes overall. And oh, the Lakers play tonight in Atlanta. All so the Lakers could cut the Houston lead to 10 with about four minutes to play... leaving them with a 2% chance of winning, according to ESPN's win tracker.

Coaching malpractice.

Will it cost the Lakers tonight in Atlanta? They'd better hope not, because at 24-24 and games against the Knicks and Celtics coming up, a loss in Atlanta would be problematic, to say the least.

HOSTS: Andy and Brian Kamenetzky

SEGMENT 1: The Lakers suffer a loss in Houston that was created by a season's worth of mediocre play.

SEGMENT 2: Was this Darvin's dumbest game of the year?

SEGMENT 3: Seriously, what was Darvin thinking?

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