Lakers coach JJ Redick didn’t even have to hear the onlookers lose their minds when he won the Timberwolves 94-85 in Game 2 of the first round series on Tuesday night.
While struggling to lead his team to an inbound play setup in the third quarter of the 62-51 game, Redick cried out, “F-K, what’s going on?” As he called time out and walked to the floor.
“Jesus F. Christ. Christ. What are you guys doing? Come?” Redick said angrily, passing security guards Austin Reeves and Wing Dorian Finney Smith.
Warning: expletive Lanuage
After the game, Reddick denied Confusing with his team, instead calling his visceral response “just coaching, not frustration.”
“I thought we ran some good things when we were organized in the right place,” Reddick said. “I thought we missed some open threes. (Reaves) got some great looks. Apart from some confused plays, we had a good offense tonight. As a coach, when the other side was on the horizon and it was building, I just wanted to make sure everyone was on the same page.”
Reddick continued screaming in the huddle Notably, while watching Hachimura’s Rui, I couldn’t hear these sound bites as the TV broadcast went on to a commercial break.
The team responded fairly positively to his tilade, returning to 20 and ballooning back to 20 as the Lakers’ lead was as high as 22 points and reduced to 11 at timeout.
LeBron James joked about the reaction of his former podcast partner.
“We understand that JJ is going to spuzz every now and then.” James said After the game.
The Lakers and Timberwolves are tied 1-1 in the Best of Seven Series to head to Minnesota for Friday’s pivotal Game 3.
