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JJ Redick Won’t Accept Injury Problems As An Excuse For The Lakers Losing To The Nets

JJ Redick wants the Lakers to be accountable and not hide behind the injuries they have when talking about the loss to the Nets.

Aaditya Krishnamurthy
Mar 11, 2025
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JJ Redick addressed the Los Angeles Lakers‘ 111-108 loss to the Brooklyn Nets. Speaking to the press, Redick wouldn’t allow the team to coast on their injury problems as an excuse for this loss. He demanded that his team play better and not make the sloppy mistakes on both ends that they did tonight in future games, as it would not end well for them.

“A very low-level communication game for our team. I don’t think being short-handed is an excuse for how we played basketball tonight.”

“I just think it was an overall mentality tonight to take shortcuts. We just wanted to take shortcuts. They scored 20 points on us gambling… We ball-watched all night… Just shortcuts. If you want to be a good team and win in the NBA, you gotta do the hard stuff. We couldn’t even pass to each other or enter our offense… Don’t know what we’re doing… We just gotta be better.”

Clearly, Redick is frustrated with the way the Los Angeles Lakers played tonight. Given how careless they were with the ball and the inefficiency from Austin Reaves and Luka Doncic when it came to scoring. It was just a poor night on both ends of the floor for the Lakers, who weren’t able to combat the grit and fighting spirit of the young Brooklyn Nets team.

The Lakers have been very good this season, especially when it comes to their defense. So for them to completely abandon their defensive gameplan and discipline in this loss was definitely an odd sight. JJ Redick will make sure to address their performance tonight during practice so that they don’t suffer the same fate in their remaining road games.

While JJ Redick was upset with the Lakers’ efforts, he did mention that towards the second half of the game, the Lakers started to pick things up and improve their efforts. He also acknowledged that Austin Reaves and Luka Doncic‘s poor shooting nights were in part because of the defensive attention they faced, but they were able to move away and focus on setting up their teammates.

“We’ll use practice to clean things up and make sure everybody is on the same page… I actually thought we missed [some good looks] throughout the game. Those guys played well. They were obviously putting a lot of defensive attention on Luka and Austin. Those guys shot the ball well, but they had 22 assists between them.”

The Lakers don’t have time right now to dwell on this loss too much. They can learn from their mistakes and make sure they don’t repeat them on Thursday night when they play the Milwaukee Bucks at 8 PM EST. The Bucks are an inconsistent team, but one that is very dangerous, especially with the prospect of Giannis Antetokounmpo feeding off the Lakers’ lack of size in the post.

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Aaditya Krishnamurthy is a writer for Fadeaway World covering the latest news and exciting stories from the fascinating world of the NBA. After briefly working as a freelance writer in the sports and business sector, Aaditya began writing for Fadeaway World in 2021 about the day-to-day functioning of the NBA.After graduating from Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts in 2020, he worked as a freelance writer for years before beginning his MA in Communications at Penn State University. Currently, he is in the United States, and traveling to his home country of India. Aside from the NBA, Aaditya is a big sports fan, with soccer, football, Formula 1, and MMA being some of his favorites to watch.
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