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Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated
By Joseph Salvador Vogel initially said he was not told he was being fired on Sunday night. The Lakers officially announced the firing of coach Frank Vogel on Monday and it simultaneously released a graphic with “Thank you, coach” as a caption. This was a strange sequence all around for the Lakers. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski first reported that he had coached his last game with the Lakers immediately after their regular-season finale Sunday night. But when Vogel was asked about the report after the game, he said, “I haven’t been told s—.” Even during his last media availability of the season …