JJ Redick calls Lakers meeting “uncomfortable” after Christmas loss to Rockets

Deandre Ayton faced questions aft the Lakers’ archetypal signifier aft a Christmas Day nonaccomplishment to the Houston Rockets and JJ Redick’s rebuke. "Hold on. Hold on. Hold on," helium said. "That's a lot. You're bombarding maine with a lot."

Redick turns disapproval inward

Los Angeles is connected a three-game losing streak, with each 10 losses this play coming by treble digits. Starting defender Austin Reaves was diagnosed with a pulled calf aft an MRI connected Friday and is expected to miss 4 weeks. LeBron James and Marcus Smart again declined to talk aft practice.

Redick gathered the radical Saturday for what helium promised would beryllium an "uncomfortable" meeting. "Myself, I'm ever going to look successful the reflector first," helium said. "And I deliberation it's casual arsenic a player, arsenic a manager to say, 'It's this guy's fault,' or, 'We're not doing this due to the fact that X, Y, and Z.'"

"The information is uncomfortable," Redick said, "and truthful you person to enactment everything retired there, that's each it is."

Players propulsion for tighter habits

Redick called the time "recalibration and reconnection." "We had a large gathering arsenic a unit this morning," helium said. "Came successful ace aboriginal and we met with the players, and it was precise affirmative and it was besides listening. It was besides for our staff, myself, to perceive to the players and what they need."

Rui Hachimura said the radical has slipped. "We conscionable talked astir everybody -- players, coaches -- we conscionable got to benignant of tighten up," helium said. "We had a bully agelong successful the beginning, and present we benignant of, I don't know, we relaxed. Or we benignant of got bushed of winning. But we conscionable stopped doing what we're expected to do."

"Holding my guys accountable, particularly starting with me," Ayton said. "No substance however the crippled is going, we instrumentality to these principles nary substance what. ... This is however we're going to play connected defence -- hard and [with] 2nd efforts."

"It's adversity, it's going to happen," Ayton said. "And I conscionable can't hold to spot however we bounce backmost from this."