US EditionLakers Looking at ‘Everything’ to Fix Issues with Perimeter, Transition Defense
Lakers face defensive challenges including perimeter and transition defense, ranking bottom 10 in defensive rating and allowing 21.6 fast-break points per game, coach JJ Redick said.
- On Wednesday the Los Angeles Lakers lost 132-119 to the San Antonio Spurs at Crypto.com Arena, while Austin Reaves faced questions about his physical condition and declined to make excuses.
- Entering Friday, the Lakers carried a 17.0 defensive rating and struggled with perimeter defense and transition defense, which has worsened in recent weeks.
- Los Angeles fell behind by as many as 24 points, with the Spurs making 50% of their threes in the first half and seven players in double figures.
- Coach J.J. Redick said the team was being exposed in familiar ways and signaled changes could come, including possible rotation adjustments and a return for Jarred Vanderbilt, forward.
- With a 17-7 record, the Los Angeles Lakers still face defensive questions as their offense leads but perimeter footspeed, including aging LeBron James, leaves them exposed.
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Lakers looking at ‘everything’ to fix issues with perimeter, transition defense
EL SEGUNDO — The Lakers are more than aware of the trends that have shown up in most of their seven losses through 24 games. A perimeter defense that struggles to contain quicker ball-handlers. And a transition defense that doesn’t get back quickly enough to slow potential fast-break opportunities. The Lakers’ defensive struggles aren’t “baffling” to Coach JJ Redick in light of the team entering Friday with a 116.7 defensive rating (points allow…
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Austin Reaves’ quiet 15-point game magnifies Lakers’ bigger defensive struggles
The answer was entirely predictable: “Good.” The question that elicited the response above from Austin Reaves: How was he feeling physically? Reaves doesn’t make excuses, and he wasn’t about to start now, not in the wake of a 132-119 defeat by the San Antonio Spurs at Crypto.com Arena on Wednesday night. Except Reaves didn’t look “good” in the loss. He finished with a modest 15 points, including only four in the first half. The underwhelming per…
Lakers News: JJ Redick Not Concerned With Austin Reaves' Second Straight Rough Game
Austin Reaves has not only been one of the best players on the Los Angeles Lakers this season, but he’s been one of the best in the league. Reaves has performed at an All-Star level and when LeBron James and Luka Doncic have missed games, he has stepped up even more and led this Lakers team to victories when most would assume a loss was coming. Reaves had his worst game of the season in the Lakers’ victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday w…
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