Lakers' Darvin Ham on trade buzz: 'We love everyone on our roster'
But James and Westbrook stayed in their respective corners, with Westbrook exiting at halftime out of one tunnel and James leaving after the third quarter out of another.
"This is a funny time of year," Ham said."AD has a newborn on the way. These guys have busy schedules. They're busy guys. Russ is doing his fashion thing. LeBron has a zillion things going on. Absolutely, we've been lockstep in communication. But it's hard when guys have business outside of basketball. But they do a good job of staying connected in terms of whenever I need them, whenever I need thoughts from all three of them, they're right there with me.
"He gave me some pointers and I ended up using them," Pippen said of advice Westbrook offered up on how to thwart the Suns' defensive pressure.