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Five Changes Redick Must Make For Lakers To Steal NBA Championship

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If the Lakers want to legitimately compete for the NBA championship this season, rookie head coach JJ Redick needs to quickly figure out how to fix the Lakers’ broken offense and defense in time to excel in the playoffs.

Offensively, the Lakers were expected to be an immediate juggernaut with a starting Big Three of LeBron James, Luka Doncic, and Austin Reaves. The challenge for the Lakers was supposed to be defensively, not offensively. During the two months from January 6 to March 6, half of which included Anthony Davis and half Luka Doncic, the Lakers posted a solid 116.4 OffRtg (#11), a league-best 109.3 DefRtg (#1), and a top-five +7.1 NetRtg (#5).

Then LeBron was injured against the Celtics on March 8th and the Lakers proceeded to lose 8 of their next 12 games before rebounding against the Grizzlies last night, going from 40–21 and 2nd in West to 45–29 and 4th.
During the last 13 games, which included 8 games LeBron James missed, 4 where he struggled, and the last one where he appeared to be himself, the Lakers posted 114.5 OffRtg (#16), 119.6 DefRtg (#21), and -5.1 NetRtg (#22).

The Lakers’ struggles at both ends during the 12 games where James was either out or struggling to come back raised questions whether the team’s two-month reign as the league’s #11 offense and #1 defense was a mirage.
Critics claimed the energy and effort the Lakers were making on defense was not sustainable and noted that, even with LeBron James, Luka Doncic, and Austin Reaves, the Lakers were still just a middle-of-the-pack offense.

The big challenge facing Lakers’ rookie head coach JJ Redick right now is how to fix the team’s broken offense and defense. Here are the five major changes Redick must make for Lakers to steal the NBA championship.

1. Get LeBron James 100% Healthy For Playoffs

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The most important change the Lakers will need to win in the playoffs is a healthy LeBron James. While players are never 100% after the grind of the regular season, L.A.’s offense and defense needs a healthy LeBron James

While the Lakers obviously struggled during the 8 games James missed and the 4 games where he was still trying to get into game condition, his play last night against the Grizzlies was hopefully a sign the King is almost back.
While LeBron’s points dropped, he’s kept his boards and assists during this stretch. Problem was shooting (3 of 24 from deep for 12.5%) and advanced stats, where he went from solid 113.4/107.6/+5.8 to poor 112.7/123.8/-11.1.

Redick had found the perfect formula for how to transform a Lakers’ starting lineup with Doncic, James, and Reaves into the NBA’s #11 offense and #1 defense by having LeBron replace AD as team defensive captain.
While the team’s schedule was brutal and they missed other players like Rui Hachimura, it was the injury to LeBron, who was making everything work, that derailed a dangerous Lakers’ juggernaut that nobody wanted to face.

That’s why the Lakers need to continue to prioritize playoff health over playoff seeding. They still have the second toughest remaining schedule in the NBA, with two more pairs of roster-breaking back-to-back games.
The Lakers need to ignore whatever seeding drama is going on in the Wild West and commit to making sure that LeBron James is as close to 100% as possible for the playoffs, even if it means resting him down the stretch.

While the Los Angeles Lakers do need to win enough games to stay out of the Play-In Tourney, LeBron James’ playoff health is far more important than the Western Conference playoff seed Los Angeles ends up winning.

2. Optimize Minutes Luka & LeBron Play Together

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JJ Redick’s second most important change will be to optimize the minutes on the court together of two of the smartest and greatest iconic point guards in the history of the NBA in LeBron James and Luka Doncic.

In 26-year old Luka Doncic and 40-year old LeBron James, JJ has two of the smartest and greatest point guards to ever play the game of basketball and needs to decide when to play them together and when to stagger them.
That Doncic is literally a younger clone of the 40-year old James and both are at their best when ball dominant seems to call for staggering them to avoid redundancy and make sure one superstar is on court all the time.

But two factors are pushing JJ to play James and Doncic together. The first is the offense/defense balance JJ wants in every lineup. While they’re clones offensively, LeBron can be a legitimate superstar defensively.
The second factor is the one tantalizing play between LeBron James and Luka Doncic that Lakers’ coach JJ Redick has deliberately not shown yet: the potentially unstoppable Luke Doncic and LeBron James pick-and-roll.

While the sample size is statistically small, superstars LeBron James and Luka Doncic have played a total of 367 minutes in 15 regular season games during which they posted a 111.6 OffRtg, 114.1 DefRtg, and -2.5 NetRtg.
Redick clearly needs to figure out how to get the LeBron and Luka lineups to be the juggernauts they should. If that means not having one of them on the court all the time, the Lakers are lucky they can rely on Austin Reaves.

The Lakers need to optimize the minutes their best two players LeBron James and Luka Doncic play together even if it means relying on Austin Reaves to carry the load alone when the two superstars are on the bench.

3. Limit Minutes Lakers’ Big Three Play Together

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Figuring out how to best deploy and take advantage of the Lakers’ Big Three of LeBron James, Luka Doncic, and Austin Reaves is JJ Redick’s next most important move to get the Lakers playing like NBA champions.

Simply stated, there’s a strong argument that teams with three stars would be smart to prioritize having two of their three stars on the court together for 48 minutes of every game rather than playing all three stars together.
Playing three ball-dominant offense-first players on court together when there is only one basketball is not a formula for playing efficient offense or for building a balanced lineups that can defend as well as score the ball.

The big question after the Lakers’ blockbuster trade for Luka Doncic was whether a starting lineup with three elite offense-first players in Luka Doncic, LeBron James, and Austin Reaves could win the championship.
JJ Redick’s major change to improve the Lakers’ starting lineup’s defense was to turn over running the offense to Luka Doncic so LeBron James would be free to replace Anthony Davis as the team’s defensive captain.

While the sample size is small, the Lakers’ Big Three of James, Doncic, and Reaves have so far played a total of 247 minutes in 13 regular season games during which they posted a 113.4 OffRtg, 119.4 DefRtg, and -6.1 NetRtg.
The Lakers would get better balance productivity by limiting minutes by the Big Three together and instead making sure LeBron and Luka, LeBron and Austin, or Luka and Austin are on court all 48 minutes of every game.

Redick would be smart to limit minutes on court together by the Lakers’ Big Three of LeBron James, Luka Doncic, and Austin Reaves to the start of each half and prioritize having two of three stars on the court at all times.

4. Convert Jemison & Koloko As Backup Center

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Size matters and the Lakers’ lack of a trusted backup center for Jaxson Hayes is one of their greatest vulnerabilities. The Lakers need to convert Trey Jemison’s and Christian Koloko’s two-way to standard contracts.

The lack of a proven backup center has been a major problem for the Lakers for several seasons. The decision to rescind the trade for Mark Williams left the Lakers seriously undermanned at the center position.
While Jaxson Hayes has stepped up to become one of the team’s best role players, the team has struggled whenever he has to go the bench to rest and Redick has been hesitant to utilize two-way centers Jemison and Koloko.

The result has been a mixed bag of weird small ball lineups with James, Vanderbilt, or Finney-Smith at the five that have struggled to win games or fans’ hearts at opposing teams dominate them in the post and off the glass.
The Laker would be smart to waive center Alex Len and shooting guard Shake Milton and sign two-way centers Trey Jemison and Christian Koloko to standard NBA contracts so they would become eligible for the playoffs.

Jemison and Koloko provide complete different but needed center skillsets. Trey Jemison is more of a traditional big body bruiser center who’s not afraid to bang with anybody or defend any teammate that’s being abused.
Christian Koloko, on the other hand, is more of a lob dunk threat like Jaxson Hayes. What he does bring to the table that Jemison does not is the ability to be a great lob dunk threat, especially playing with Luka Doncic.

The Lakers converted two-way guard Jordan Goodwin to a standard NBA contract so he’ll be eligible for the 2025 playoffs. They should do the same for Trey Jemison and Christian Koloko to add desperately needed size.

5. Run More Plays & Less Freelancing On Offense

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One of the major challenges for NBA coaches with superstars like LeBron James and Luka Doncic on their roster is convincing the team to run more efficient set plays rather than just allowing the superstars to freelance.

NBA analysts following the Lakers believe Los Angeles scores more points per possession running set plays than allowing the team’s superstars to freelance, which often leads to isolation play and slower ball movement.
There’s no question there have been times when the Lakers offense seems to go into a funk where they just cannot generate a high percentage shot. Those are the times when it makes sense to have the team run a set play.

One of the benefits of Luka Doncic taking over control of the ball and the Lakers’ offense is we’re likely to see the team run more pick-and-roll plays and specific plays designed to get easy lob dunks and open 3-point shots.
With James focusing on playing more off the ball on offense and taking on the responsibility of replacing Anthony Davis as the Lakers’ defensive captain, look for Redick to increase the percentage of set plays to be run.

The NBA is a matchup league and teams not only need diverse players with the skill sets to match up against different opponents but also diverse play calls that can work against different types of defenses they will face.
Balancing running set plays specifically designed to work against specific’s opponents’ weaknesses with trusting the world’s greatest athletes to make the right read and right call in on-court chaos is often very difficult to do.

While the Laker have two of the best playmaking point guards in the history of the NBA in LeBron James and Luka Doncic, they’d be smart to run set plays involving all five players than letting their stars freelance.

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- Jamie Sweet
  11 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  Solid post, don’t agree with some of the specifics but agree in general.
  - Jamie Sweet
    11 months, 3 weeks ago
    
    1) It’s just not gonna happen. He took a charge last night and you could see him favoring the groin, shake off a sub, and play on. Dude ain’t sitting anymore unless it’s serious, maybe in the back-to-backs. We’re lucky he only needs 2 more games to qualify for NBA awards, it means the training staff can have a snow cone’s chance in Hell of talking him into some maintenance rest.
  - Jamie Sweet
    11 months, 3 weeks ago
    
    2) This will be the Reddick Riddkenfir as long as James plays. LeBron ismlosing his solo minutes w/o Luka, thats the karger issue, he needs to cut down in TO’s. If he can do that, and I’d surround LBJ w/o Luka and Reaves with Tui, DFS, and Vando along with either Vincent or Goodwin so you can switch as much as possible and save LBJ from fighting rhrough screens, you can start to see a workabke lineup.
    - Jamie Sweet
      11 months, 3 weeks ago
      
      3) Staggering everyone is already happening, we just need less Knecht. Dalton has a bright future, if hes hot he can swing a quarter, otherwise he is a liability on D we can’t afford in the playoffs.
      
      Jamie Sweet
      11 months, 3 weeks ago
      
      4) Don’t see this happening. Reddick will play Morris or Len before Koloko or Trey3. Thats smart. Barring injury or foul trouble, Hayes is the best center on the roster by a country mile. After that its LeBron and spot minutes for Morris. Len could have been playing actual minutes on a number if teams out of the pkayoffs, he chose here, we’ee nit waiving him for a G-Leaguer. Plus Trey and Koloko will get utterly slayed in the playoffs. Thats not a knock, they’re both project players.
      
      Jamie Sweet
      11 months, 3 weeks ago
      
      5) Sure, totally agree. Good luck getting Luka to buy into that lol.
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• 11 months, 3 weeks ago

Aloha,

That was an extremely important win. You hate to play a team the day after their coach was fired. You know they will come out with extra energy. And when it’s a talented team like the Griz, it’s down right scary. They are a fast paced, high scoring team that averages 123 points a game. Fortunately when healthy we score as well.

There should no longer be any doubt that Austin is our 3rd star. He was our best player again last night. And it isn’t just the 31 points but it was also some tough rebounds and steals. Denying JJJ that pass drawing a foul won’t show up on the stats sheet but it was another huge play in crunch time. Austin is averaging 20 points, 4.5 boards and 6 assists as the 3rd option. And when or both of our superstars miss a game, Austin plays like a superstar. He is without a doubt one of the toughest players in the NBA. We no longer need to star hunt. When can now focus on just depth.

LeBron is beginning to look better after that long layoff. But his timing is still a bit off. He’s missing layups and bunnies. Hopefully he will find his rhythm soon.

Miami Gabe. Enough said.

It’s a shame Rui had to miss the Bulls game because of injury management because our small ball line up of him, Lebron and DFS is so much better when he’s available. Vando is great but he is better on the perimeter. Rui has the body to bang with bigs. Plus his shooting adds another dimension over Vando when we go small.

Luka’s 3 ball wasn’t falling but superstars find a way and Luka turned to attacking the paint and hit 10-11 free throws as well as midrange jumpers. All of the open looks we get is the Luka effect and I don’t think there is anything any team can do about it.

This stretch run is going to be tough. We hold tie breaks with every team around us except the Rockets but we play them twice. Fortunately at home. Tie breaks only work if you tie someone. Our margin over the 6th seed is slender. But with the tie breaks we would need to lose 3 more games than the Warriors or the Clippers. With all the injuries we haven’t had a lot of time together for a while. We do get an extra days rest after the Rockets game which will help. We have 2 with OKC coming up. I’m hoping they don’t have anything to play for when we meet them. They have a 3 game lead over the Cav’s for best overall record. Even if they play all their starters we need to at least split the 2.

It will be a challenge staying in the top 4, heck even the top 6 won’t be easy. But we are finally healthy and hopefully we stay healthy. Because if we do I feel good about our chances.

Random thoughts on a needed win

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Aloha,

That was an extremely important win. You hate to play a team the day after their coach was fired. You know they will come out with extra energy. And when it’s a talented team like the Griz, it’s down right scary. They are a fast paced, high scoring team that averages 123 points a game. Fortunately when healthy we score as well.

There should no longer be any doubt that Austin is our 3rd star. He was our best player again last night. And it isn’t just the 31 points but it was also some tough rebounds and steals. Denying JJJ that pass drawing a foul won’t show up on the stats sheet but it was another huge play in crunch time. Austin is averaging 20 points, 4.5 boards and 6 assists as the 3rd option. And when or both of our superstars miss a game, Austin plays like a superstar. He is without a doubt one of the toughest players in the NBA. We no longer need to star hunt. When can now focus on just depth.

LeBron is beginning to look better after that long layoff. But his timing is still a bit off. He’s missing layups and bunnies. Hopefully he will find his rhythm soon.

Miami Gabe. Enough said.

It’s a shame Rui had to miss the Bulls game because of injury management because our small ball line up of him, Lebron and DFS is so much better when he’s available. Vando is great but he is better on the perimeter. Rui has the body to bang with bigs. Plus his shooting adds another dimension over Vando when we go small.

Luka’s 3 ball wasn’t falling but superstars find a way and Luka turned to attacking the paint and hit 10-11 free throws as well as midrange jumpers. All of the open looks we get is the Luka effect and I don’t think there is anything any team can do about it.

This stretch run is going to be tough. We hold tie breaks with every team around us except the Rockets but we play them twice. Fortunately at home. Tie breaks only work if you tie someone. Our margin over the 6th seed is slender. But with the tie breaks we would need to lose 3 more games than the Warriors or the Clippers. With all the injuries we haven’t had a lot of time together for a while. We do get an extra days rest after the Rockets game which will help. We have 2 with OKC coming up. I’m hoping they don’t have anything to play for when we meet them. They have a 3 game lead over the Cav’s for best overall record. Even if they play all their starters we need to at least split the 2.

It will be a challenge staying in the top 4, heck even the top 6 won’t be easy. But we are finally healthy and hopefully we stay healthy. Because if we do I feel good about our chances.

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- Jamie Sweet
  11 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  Good post, only thing I’d add is I’ve seen enough Dalton for the season other than garbage time/foul trouble. His minutes should go to Vando, DFS, Rui, Gabe or Jordan G. Dude has a bright future, we’re playing for more than that.
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• 11 months, 3 weeks ago

THE LAKERS BIG 3 DROPPED 85 POINTS TONIGHT 😮‍💨🔥 https://t.co/zKTgFuN76d pic.twitter.com/2IwAc4UExP— Lakers All Day Everyday (@LADEig) March 30, 2025

THE LAKERS BIG 3 DROPPED 85 POINTS TONIGHT 😮‍💨🔥

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THE LAKERS BIG 3 DROPPED 85 POINTS TONIGHT 😮‍💨🔥 https://t.co/zKTgFuN76d pic.twitter.com/2IwAc4UExP— Lakers All Day Everyday (@LADEig) March 30, 2025

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THE LAKERS CLINCH THE SEASON SERIES AGAINST THE GRIZZLIES 😈This could be CRUCIAL for home court advantage in the first round 👀 pic.twitter.com/t2UlX0rtRp— Lakers All Day Everyday (@LADEig) March 30, 2025

LAKERS CLINCH THE SEASON SERIES AGAINST THE GRIZZLIES 😈

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THE LAKERS CLINCH THE SEASON SERIES AGAINST THE GRIZZLIES 😈This could be CRUCIAL for home court advantage in the first round 👀 pic.twitter.com/t2UlX0rtRp— Lakers All Day Everyday (@LADEig) March 30, 2025

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- LakerTom
  11 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  Add one to the win column pic.twitter.com/O9n43EcIJK— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) March 30, 2025
- LakerTom
  11 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  Over 82 games, a good team is going to have a lot of good wins, but hard to find one much better than this one for the Lakers. They close out their four-game road trip with a 134-127 win in MEM. AR 31p 8a 7r 2s; Luka 29p 9a 8r; LeBron 25p 8a 6r 3s; Gabe 15p; Rui 13p; DFS 11p 5r— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) March 30, 2025
- LakerTom
  11 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  RUI HACHIMURA TONIGHT ⚔️ 28 minutes ⚔️ 13 points ⚔️ 3 rebounds ⚔️ 5/8 FG⚔️ 3/5 3PTBLACK SAMURAI IS BACK 🇯🇵 pic.twitter.com/h1bLMjurLe— Lakers Lead (@LakersLead) March 30, 2025
- LakerTom
  11 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  LAKERS BEAT THE GRIZZLIES 🔥🔥Reaves: 31pts | 8ast | 7rebLuka: 29pts | 9ast | 8rebLeBron: 25pts | 8ast | 6reb | 3stl Vincent: 15pts (4/6 3PM) pic.twitter.com/E9xqxXfTde— LakeShowYo (@LakeShowYo) March 30, 2025
- LakerTom
  11 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  Reaves had a absolute masterclass vs the Memphis Grizzlies tonight! 😮‍💨🔥31 Points 8 Assist 7 Rebounds Best third option in the NBA right now! pic.twitter.com/gJh5h34HOX— Earl Ross (@PlayoffEarl) March 30, 2025
- LakerTom
  11 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  Best trio in the league.It isn’t even close. pic.twitter.com/xbK6NJVJvF— Jake (@playoffjake) March 30, 2025
- LakerTom
  11 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  AUSTIN REAVES TONIGHT:31 PTS – 8 AST – 7 REBLUKA DONCIC TONIGHT:29 PTS – 9 AST – 8 REBLEBRON JAMES TONIGHT:25 PTS – 8 AST – 6 REBBIG 3. 🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/08EwcKKRqy— Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) March 30, 2025
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• 11 months, 3 weeks ago

Lakers vs Grizzlies starters: pic.twitter.com/r2qp6WL2w8— Daniel Starkand (@DStarkand) March 29, 2025

Lakers vs Grizzlies starters

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Lakers vs Grizzlies starters: pic.twitter.com/r2qp6WL2w8— Daniel Starkand (@DStarkand) March 29, 2025

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• 11 months, 3 weeks ago

(@BrettSiegelNBA)LeBron James will likely help the Lakers this off season with a pay cut to add talent around Dončić. #LakeShow “LeBron will likely opt out of his $50.6 million player option, but he is not expected to leave Los Angeles, league sources told ClutchPoints. This… pic.twitter.com/szLMjLYYoA— 🎗NBA•Fan🎗 (@Klutch_23) March 28, 2025

LeBron Will Likely Opt Out Of His $50.6M Deal To Help Lakers

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(@BrettSiegelNBA)LeBron James will likely help the Lakers this off season with a pay cut to add talent around Dončić. #LakeShow “LeBron will likely opt out of his $50.6 million player option, but he is not expected to leave Los Angeles, league sources told ClutchPoints. This… pic.twitter.com/szLMjLYYoA— 🎗NBA•Fan🎗 (@Klutch_23) March 28, 2025

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• 11 months, 3 weeks ago

The Lakers had two game-winning shots hit against them before last night's heartbreaker.After one, they spiraled, losing 6 of their next 9 games. After the other one, they rallied, winning 8 of their next 11.On the importance of how they respond this late in the season:…— Jovan Buha (@jovanbuha) March 28, 2025

HOW WILL LAKERS RESPOND TO LOSING BUZZER BEATER?

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The Lakers had two game-winning shots hit against them before last night's heartbreaker.After one, they spiraled, losing 6 of their next 9 games. After the other one, they rallied, winning 8 of their next 11.On the importance of how they respond this late in the season:…— Jovan Buha (@jovanbuha) March 28, 2025

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LeBron James, Lakers searching for answers after devastating Bulls loss

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LeBron James, Lakers searching for answers after devastating loss to Bulls https://t.co/kUDH9zhgKs— LakerTom (@LakerTom) March 28, 2025

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- LakerTom
  11 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  FROM ABOVE ARTICLE:
  
  “It sucks,” Reaves said. “We probably had a high-percentage chance of winning after my layup went in. There’s not many half-court buzzer-beaters to lose a game. And it’s just, it’s frustrating.”
  
  Chicago shot 11 of 14 from 3 and 15 of 19 overall in the final quarter. Redick noted there were several instances the Bulls pulled up in 3-on-1 and 3-on-2 situations and made 3s.
  
  “I mean, 11 of 14 in an empty gym is really good,” Redick said. “So that’s unreal shooting.”
  
  The loss dropped the Lakers to 44-29 — a squandered opportunity to make up ground in the Western Conference standings, considering the Memphis Grizzlies (44-29) had lost to the Oklahoma City Thunder earlier in the evening.
  
  The Lakers have lost eight of 12 games and are just 1-3 since James and Rui Hachimura returned from their respective injuries last week (Hachimura did not play Thursday). Los Angeles is trending in the wrong direction, with the worst record over the past 10 games of the top eight teams in the West.
  
  The Lakers close their four-game road trip in Memphis on Saturday, a potential preview of a first-round playoff series, before returning to Los Angeles for a three-game homestand and the final two weeks of the regular season.
  
  This isn’t the first time this season the Lakers lost on a game-winning shot. Redick, who is big on reference points from earlier in the season, noted that the Lakers lost to the Orlando Magic on Nov. 21 and to the Atlanta Hawks on Dec. 6. After the Magic loss, the Lakers briefly spiraled, losing six of their next eight games, with four of those coming by 25-plus points. However, following the Atlanta loss, Los Angeles won eight of the next 11.
  
  Only nine games remain for the Lakers, and the tight West playoff race will likely come down to the final day of the regular season. They are running out of time to reconnect and reestablish their level of defense from several weeks ago.
  
  They have 48 hours to regroup, assess where things went wrong against the Bulls and make sure it doesn’t happen again against the Grizzlies.
  
  “There’s another game in two days, less than two days, that’s how you do it,” James said. “That’s the NBA. You can’t go into a game on Saturday thinking about what happened on Thursday.”
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The Grizzlies have beaten just one team with a winning record since February 3—and that was the Mavericks on March 7, who were missing eight players 😬(Via @JohnMartin929 ) pic.twitter.com/4Z8mwDIQ7I— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) March 28, 2025

Grizzlies Fire Head Coach Taylor Jenkins

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The Grizzlies have beaten just one team with a winning record since February 3—and that was the Mavericks on March 7, who were missing eight players 😬(Via @JohnMartin929 ) pic.twitter.com/4Z8mwDIQ7I— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) March 28, 2025

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- LakerTom
  11 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  The Lakers’ most likely first-round matchup in the playoffs is the Grizzlies, who just randomly fired Taylor Jenkins.Imagine being promoted as an interim head coach THIS late in the season and having to game-plan for LeBron and Luka in a playoff series 😭 pic.twitter.com/1kuvngz5ZS— Lakers All Day Everyday (@LADEig) March 28, 2025
- Jamie Sweet
  11 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  Everything about Memphis is odd to me, how they enabled and handled Ja, this, everything.
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LAKER 2-MAN LINEUPS LAST 15 GAMES NOT ENCOURAGING FOR BIG 3

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LAKERS 2-MAN LINEUPS LAST 15 GAMESIS NOT ENCOURAGING FOR BIG THREELuka/Austin, Luka/LeBron, and LeBron/Austin 2-man lineups have all been negative for Lakers over last 15 games.Offensively, Luka/Austin was the top duo for Lakers over last 15 games with LeBron paired with… pic.twitter.com/yieGikoYnF— LakerTom (@LakerTom) March 28, 2025

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Final pic.twitter.com/RCqzJ37PH3— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) March 28, 2025

Simply Time to Move On - Basketball gods have spoken!

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Final pic.twitter.com/RCqzJ37PH3— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) March 28, 2025

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- LakerTom
  11 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  LAKERS MUST FLUSH LOSS & MOVE ON…Too many games in too few days. These are the games that could end up costing you the right matchup or home court advantage. They're also the games that teams that haven't played a lot together tend to lose. Finally, they're the games when the… https://t.co/LfaqjVZDdO— LakerTom (@LakerTom) March 28, 2025
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• 11 months, 3 weeks ago

what was lebron thinking ffs pic.twitter.com/sAmgqE1dKS— m⁷⁷ (@miss77ela) March 28, 2025

What Was LeBron thinking?

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what was lebron thinking ffs pic.twitter.com/sAmgqE1dKS— m⁷⁷ (@miss77ela) March 28, 2025

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- LakerTom
  11 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  One of the craziest finishes to an NBA game you’ll ever see. pic.twitter.com/AnEdq02ROh— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) March 28, 2025
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• 11 months, 3 weeks ago

This game was over! The Lakers give up 6 points in 6 seconds. What an awful play from LeBron, would have been better off calling a timeout to advance the ball. pic.twitter.com/bIm4aE0TaE— Mo Dakhil (@MoDakhil_NBA) March 28, 2025

Lakers Lose On Giddy's Half Court Shot

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This game was over! The Lakers give up 6 points in 6 seconds. What an awful play from LeBron, would have been better off calling a timeout to advance the ball. pic.twitter.com/bIm4aE0TaE— Mo Dakhil (@MoDakhil_NBA) March 28, 2025

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LeBron's mistaken if he thinks fans will watch podcast strictly about BB

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Brian Windhorst & Stephen A Smith: “If LeBron thinks the fans will watch a podcast that’s strictly about basketball and no drama, he’s deeply mistaken.”LeBron & JJ uploaded 9 episodes and averaged 1,538,666 views per video. These analysts seriously just get on TV and yap. 😂 pic.twitter.com/7zczXwsisH— HiNote. 🛸 (@HiNoteee) March 27, 2025

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• 11 months, 3 weeks ago

Aloha,

That was the worst play that LeBron has made as a Laker. Throwing a lazy little bounce pass into double coverage is unacceptable. You can run the baseline after a basket. Just get the ball in. I don’t even mind them letting the Bulls back in down the stretch. 2nd of a back to back and they were tired. They also should have harassed Giddy. They only had 3 seconds. Don’t give him a straight line. This game can really bite us in the butt. Pathetic.

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March 27, 2025

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Aloha,

That was the worst play that LeBron has made as a Laker. Throwing a lazy little bounce pass into double coverage is unacceptable. You can run the baseline after a basket. Just get the ball in. I don’t even mind them letting the Bulls back in down the stretch. 2nd of a back to back and they were tired. They also should have harassed Giddy. They only had 3 seconds. Don’t give him a straight line. This game can really bite us in the butt. Pathetic.

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