The Los Angeles Lakers face elimination in their playoff series against the Minnesota Timberwolves after back-to-back defeats. Criticism has been directed at rookie head coach JJ Redick for his decision to heavily rely on his top players, contributing to their struggles. The Lakers are dealing with self-inflicted errors, such as turnovers, and poor performance from their role players compared to the Timberwolves. Heading into Game 5 at Crypto.com Arena, the Lakers are focused on adjusting their strategy while retaining confidence in a potential comeback despite long odds.
After the Lakers' disappointing Game 4 loss, much of the conversation was about JJ Redick's choice to run his five best players to the ground by playing them 24 minutes straight in the second half. It was a decision worth criticizing the rookie head coach over and one of the biggest reasons why Los Angeles is in the position it is right now.
But Redick's decision-making isn't the only reason the Lakers' season is in jeopardy. They've had self-inflicted mistakes, like turnovers, that they haven't cleaned up and Minnesota's role players are simply outperforming L.A.'s.
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