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Westbrook benched in Lakers’ OT win vs. Knicks, LAL better without Russ?

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Los Angeles Lakers all-star LeBron James returned to the court with a 29-point triple-double in the Lakers comeback overtime win versus the New York Knicks on Saturday.

However, Russell Westbrook was benched down the stretch. The former MVP scored 5 points on 1-of-10 shooting, and when asked about leaving him off the floor, the Lakers’ head coach Frank Vogel said quote: “You just make tough decisions in the spirit of whatever the team needs to win a game.”

UNDISPUTED’s Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe answer if the Lakers should bench Westbrook in crunch time:

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