JJ Redick Unveils Lakers' Game-Changing Streak-Stealing Strategy!
Lakers coach JJ Redick praised the defensive adjustments and improvements his team made in the second half of their win over the Rockets.
The Los Angeles Lakers have shown some real improvement on the defensive end lately. That improvement was on display down the stretch of their 100-92 victory over the Houston Rockets on Monday, even as they had trouble manufacturing points. In the first half, Kevin Durant scored 16 points and shot 7-of-11 from the field.
But afterward, the Lakers started to send a second defender at him, and that adjustment stymied him. He was just 1-of-5 from the field after halftime, and overall, Houston made 41. 2% of its shot attempts in the second half.
By shutting the future Hall of Famer down, the Lakers were able to overcome a 10-point deficit, even though they went 7-of-24 from the floor and scored only 17 points in the fourth quarter. Coach JJ Redick talked about how Los Angeles got things done defensively to get this win. “They’re a really good basketball team and they make you either play hard and match their physicality and how they muck the game up, or you can lie down,” Redick said.
“We didn’t lie down tonight. Had a deficit there in the third quarter, our guys just kept playing. I thought defensively in the second half with some of the adjustments we made at halftime, we just executed really, really well, particularly with just trying to get the ball out of Durant’s hands.