The Lakers got to enjoy it for roughly half a second. The news of Vogel’s expected firing spread before players had even left the court. DeMarcus Cousins shook his head as he walked through a back tunnel leaving Denver’s locker room. “The man didn’t even make it to the fucking flight!” said the Nuggets center, who was on the Lakers roster in Vogel’s first season in L.A. “The NBA getting brutal, ain’t it?”