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Lakers News: Darvin Ham Reflects On Troy Brown's First Game As Starter

Lakers forward Troy Brown took the start while Russell Westbrook came off the bench

Ryan Menzie

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The Lakers were without their big man Anthony Davis due to lower back soreness and had Russell Westbrook coming off the bench. This left LeBron James as the lone starter of the big three, which in turn called for a new face to step up.

That person was Troy Brown Jr., a newly acquired forward for the Lakers. Brown Jr. has been in the league for six seasons spending most of his playing career with the Wizards and Bulls. 

Brown Jr. started for the first time this season, but the Lakers still failed to record their first win of the season against the Timberwolves. Despite another heartbreaking loss, Darvin Ham like what he saw out of Brown Jr. (via Spectrum Sportsnet). 

"I thought Troy did an excellent job and got some big defensive rebounds. Had a physical presence there you know guarding. Getting rebounds and spacing the floor making shots. My hats off to Russ again for showing the type of impact he can have in that reserve role."

With the struggles the Lakers have had shooting the ball, especially with Westbrook on the floor, Brown Jr. came in and provided the shooting spark the Lakers have been looking for. Brown Jr. shot at the highest 3-point clip on the team going 4-6 from downtown while the rest of the team finished 5-23.

This is something the Lakers can look to build off of because at this point anything new will be the answer to such a slow start. The hope is the Lakers can be more consistent shooting with Brown Jr. on the court and give James more spacing on the floor. 

Across his three healthy regular season games this year, the 6'6" small forward is averaging 7.3 points while connecting on 36% of his field goals (but an encouraging 36.4% on his 3.7 treys a game!), plus 5.7 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 0.7 steals.

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RYAN MENZIE

Ryan Menzie | Lead Contributor Ryan is an LA Native who has grown up praising the greatest athletes LA has had to offer. A love for sports ranging between basketball, football, volleyball and golf, a future Sports Management Masters graduate, and being engulfed into organized sports since seven years old, the passion and love for sports never ends for Ryan. If the words he writes don't paint the full picture of his true fandom, he will find more ways than one to tell the story and be more than willing to open up a nice LA sports debate with you. Favorite Player: Kobe Bryant  Favorite Moment: Kobe Bryant Final Game. Too many moments to choose from between Derek Fishers 0.4 second buzzer beater, the Lakers 3-peat or game seven against Boston, but can't beat a final memory like Kobe's final game. 

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