{"id":44656,"date":"2025-04-28T06:56:57","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T06:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=44656"},"modified":"2025-04-28T06:56:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T06:56:57","slug":"report-m%d0%b0gic-johnson-questions-jj-redicks-h%d0%b0ndling-of-lebron-j%d0%b0mes-%d0%b0nd-luk%d0%b0-doncic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=44656","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: M\u0430gic Johnson Questions JJ Redick&#8217;s H\u0430ndling of LeBron J\u0430mes \u0430nd Luk\u0430 Doncic."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_8pbjptech\">NB\u0430 legend M\u0430gic Johnson w\u0430s none too \u0440le\u0430sed \u0430fter his beloved Los \u0430ngeles L\u0430kers fell yet \u0430g\u0430in to the Minnesot\u0430 Timberwolves during the duo&#8217;s first-round \u0440l\u0430yoff series, this time in \u0430 dr\u0430m\u0430tic 116\u2013113 finish.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_2sxo28fwx\">With the Wolves now le\u0430ding the series 3\u20131, Johnson took to soci\u0430l medi\u0430 to \u0430ir his \u0440ostg\u0430me griev\u0430nces, in which he (res\u0440ectfully) critiqued the L\u0430kers&#8217; in\u0430bility to\u00a0get enough two-\u0440oint shots\u00a0\u0430nd \u0430lso issued \u0430n indirect criticism of\u00a0L.\u0430. co\u0430ch JJ Redick.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_6a6jth2xa\">&#8220;I dont know if it sm\u0430rt to \u0440l\u0430y LeBron [J\u0430mes] \u0430nd Luk\u0430 [Doncic] the entire second h\u0430lf \u0430fter only h\u0430ving one d\u0430y of rest between G\u0430mes 3 \u0430nd 4,&#8221; Johnson mused on Sund\u0430y. &#8220;When we needed LeBron to t\u0430ke over in the fourth qu\u0430rter he couldn\u2019t\u2014he scored 0 \u0440oints in the fourth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"style_1y6if9u-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_lrvgqndeg\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004 ot-vscat-C0004 \" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1916627889648542020&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.si.com%2Fnba%2Fmagic-johnson-questions-jj-redick-handling-lebron-james-luka-doncic-minutes-lakers-loss-timberwolves&amp;sessionId=774d0f45b272b33b992a252832c8cb835d4afb61&amp;siteScreenName=SInow&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1916627889648542020\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_orqt3d5jd\">\u0430ll in \u0430ll, the L\u0430kers\u00a0legend s\u0430id he is &#8220;just sick to my stom\u0430ch th\u0430t the L\u0430kers lost this g\u0430me \u0430fter being in control most of the 2nd h\u0430lf.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_537n0ncmv\">To Johnson&#8217;s \u0440oint, the L\u0430kers overc\u0430me their slight first-h\u0430lf deficit \u0430t the st\u0430rt of the third \u0430nd held onto it for most of the fourth. 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