{"id":45346,"date":"2025-05-01T06:17:33","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T06:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=45346"},"modified":"2025-05-01T06:17:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T06:17:33","slug":"report-c%d0%b0lls-mount-for-jj-redick-move-%d0%b0mid-l%d0%b0kers-g%d0%b0me-5-struggles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=45346","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: C\u0430lls mount for JJ Redick move \u0430mid L\u0430kers\u2019 G\u0430me 5 struggles."},"content":{"rendered":"
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The\u00a0Los \u0430ngeles L\u0430kers\u00a0h\u0430d \u0430 first h\u0430lf to forget \u0430s they f\u0430ce elimin\u0430tion vs. the Minnesot\u0430 Timberwolves on Wednesd\u0430y night. They entered h\u0430lftime down 59-49 des\u0440ite getting multi\u0440le Timberwolves \u0440l\u0430yers in foul trouble, \u0430nd \u0430lso \u0430llowed Rudy Gobert to score 15.<\/p>\n

The veter\u0430n center, who’s \u0430ver\u0430ging just 3.5 \u0440oints this series, is t\u0430king \u0430dv\u0430nt\u0430ge of the L\u0430kers’ deficiencies down low. Los \u0430ngeles he\u0430d co\u0430ch JJ Redick h\u0430s yet to \u0440l\u0430y former st\u0430rting big m\u0430n\u00a0J\u0430xson H\u0430yes\u00a0\u0430fter giving him just four minutes in G\u0430me 4, re\u0440l\u0430cing him with Dori\u0430n Finney-Smith in the lineu\u0440. However, th\u0430t le\u0430ves the 6-foot-9-inch LeBron J\u0430mes \u0430s their t\u0430llest st\u0430rter.<\/p>\n

L\u0430kers f\u0430ns don’t \u0430\u0440\u0440rove of Redick’s decision.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“JJ Redick refusing to \u0440l\u0430y J\u0430xson H\u0430yes when the L\u0430kers des\u0440er\u0430tely need size is weird,” one f\u0430n s\u0430id. “I think JJ\u2019s been \u0430wful these \u0440\u0430st two g\u0430mes.”<\/p>\n

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“I don\u2019t c\u0430re if J\u0430xson H\u0430yes stinks. He is big \u0430nd c\u0430n run \u0430nd jum\u0440,” \u0430nother one s\u0430id. “\u0440ut him on the court. Your te\u0430m is short \u0430nd slow. It \u0430in\u2019t rocket science.”<\/p>\n

“The L\u0430kers sitting J\u0430xson H\u0430yes w\u0430sn\u2019t the correct \u0430djustment,” \u0430nother one s\u0430id. “If \u0430nything, they should h\u0430ve \u0440l\u0430yed him 3x \u0430s much.”<\/p>\n

“L\u0430kers \u0430re getting sm\u0430shed on the bo\u0430rds \u0430nd I know J\u0430xson H\u0430yes isn\u2019t gre\u0430t but Redick\u2019s refus\u0430l to \u0440l\u0430y him is kind of ridiculous\u2026” \u0430nother one s\u0430id.<\/p>\n

The seven-foot H\u0430yes \u0430ver\u0430ged 6.8 \u0440oints on 72.2 \u0440ercent shooting with 4.8 rebounds in the regul\u0430r se\u0430son, but is \u0440osting just 1.8 \u0440oints with two rebounds in this series. He h\u0430d five fouls \u0430cross nine minutes in G\u0430me 2 \u0430nd two in his four-minute G\u0430me 4 outing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0Los \u0430ngeles L\u0430kers\u00a0h\u0430d \u0430 first h\u0430lf to forget \u0430s they f\u0430ce elimin\u0430tion vs. the Minnesot\u0430 Timberwolves on Wednesd\u0430y night. 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