L.A. CONFIDENTIAL.Byline: -- Ross Siler What was most disappointing about Brian Cook's blowup between the third and fourth quarters Thursday night was the fact that Phil Jackson
Philip Douglas "Phil" Jackson (born September 17, 1945 in Deer Lodge, Montana) is the current coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, an American professional basketball team. addressed his players about this very issue during the season- opening meeting back in October. With a much deeper roster this season, Jackson acknowledged he would have some hard decisions to make from game to game. The Lakers See Lake poets were expecting to have to put healthy players on the inactive in·ac·tive adj. 1. Not active or tending to be active. 2. a. Not functioning or operating; out of use: inactive machinery. b. list some nights. Other players would dress but might not play. All would be capable of making a contribution. The Lakers' run of injuries changed that but Jackson's message about submitting for the good of the team should have carried through all season. Cook's outburst wasn't about a warm-up top discarded dis·card v. dis·card·ed, dis·card·ing, dis·cards v.tr. 1. To throw away; reject. 2. a. To throw out (a playing card) from one's hand. b. in Jackson's lap, it was about the frustration of not playing. |
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