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It wasn't a pretty sight when Jeremy Lin and Carlos Boozer lost their starting jobs. Lin was crushed, immediately requesting a sit-down with Lakers Coach Byron Scott and morosely calling the demotion "one the toughest situations I've been in."Boozer went the other direction, angrily ditching a postgame interview session with reporters and subsequently bending the ear of Lakers General ManagerMitch Kupchak about Scott's decision.Their on-court contributions have also been at opposite extremes since the change.Boozer has improved radically, averaging 15.2 points and 10.2 rebounds while shooting 54.2% and earning praise from Scott.
Lin has slumped badly, averaging six points and 4.6 assists while shooting an abysmal 28.6%.Even Scott didn't have an answer for Lin's inconsistency, which hit another low Monday when he missed all six of his shots in a 110-91 loss to the Indiana Pacers."I don't know. He's just been up and down," Scott said. "Sometimes he has nights like this." Lin, 26, feels more and more like a one-year rental for the Lakers. Hailed as a possible solution to their point guard woes when he was acquired in July, a lot would have to happen for him to return after becoming a free agent next July.
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