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Is Frank Vogel’s seat warm? Time to panic? Lakers have more questions than answers a quarter of the season in


LOS ANGELES — Frank Vogel started his postgame press conference in familiar form late Friday night, plopping down in his interview room chair after 11 p.m. and tipping things off in the most predictable of ways.

“Questions?” the Lakers coach asked the room full of reporters.

In calmer times, like back in mid-September when Carmelo Anthony wasn’t afraid to admit this is a title-or-bust team if ever there was one, this sort of opening line was nothing more than an innocuous way to start the latest media conversation. But in this sensitive setting at the quarter point of the season, after the Lakers fell below .500 (10-11) with a triple-overtime loss to the lowly Sacramento Kings in which they blew a 13-point fourth-quarter lead, his opening line was more of a declaration than it was a query.

Questions.

So. Many. Questions.

Starting with…

Is Vogel’s seat warm?

Only Lakers owner Jeanie Buss, general manager Rob Pelinka and trusted advisor Kurt Rambis likely know if Vogel is truly in trouble. OK, you could probably add LeBron James, Anthony Davis and their agent, Rich Paul, to that list, too. But there’s no clarity from this vantage point in terms of the organizational outlook on Vogel’s status.





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