Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick raised eyebrows (and made modern NBA history) in Game 4 of the team’s first-round series when he elected to play the same lineup for the entire second half against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday afternoon.
It was a bold gambit, an attempt to ride the combined greatness of LeBron James and Luka Doncic to a crucial win to even up the series. But that bold gambit failed—the Lakers lost, and enter tonight's Game 5 down 3-1 to the Timberwolves.
