L.A. Lakers Ditch Mike D’Antoni’s Offense to Restore Missing Identity

Mike D'Antoni and the Los Angeles Lakers have found success by butchering the head coach's offensive system.

It didn't take long to see that the uptempo style of play D'Antoni is known to preach wasn't suited for a team with two prolific big men and an absence of athletically inclined wings. Still, the Lakers put the ball in Steve Nash's hands and were forced to believe that everything would be fine.

But everything wasn't fine.

At the season's midway point, Los Angeles had won just 17 games and was rapidly falling out of the Western Conference playoff picture. Both Pau Gasol ...

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