Lauri had no involvement in the Olympics or qualifiers. Playing in Eurobasket means he's better prepared to play major minutes than someone for whome these are the first games in six-seven months.
The Jazz have just happened to play one OT game and two more that went to the final possession.
It's probably not that he's in the doghouse. It's that he needs to play next to a defensive 5, and Walker is out. So Hendricks plays next to Nurkic and Lauri plays next to Love.
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