Lakers' JJ Redick has a plan for dealing with loss to Magic

JJ Redick made two contentious coaching calls in the dying seconds of the Lakers vs. Magic game Thursday night.

First, with 18.2 seconds left, Redick asked LeBron James to inbound the ball when the Lakers led 118-116. Anthony Davis would catch the ball and get sent to the free-throw line, where he'd brick both his foul shots. In this scenario, Redick could have drawn up a play to ensure Dalton Knecht or D'Angelo Russell, the Lakers' two best free-throw shooters, were sent to the charity stripe. 

Then, with 16.2 seconds left, Redick decided not to blitz Franz Wager, who had scored 34 points to that point. Instead, the German wing was given free rein to go one-on-one and launch from deep. He would do just that to seal the Magic's 119-116 victory. 

The latter decision was particularly baffling since Wagner, the reigning NBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week, was the only legitimate scoring threat on the floor — especially with Paolo Banchero sidelined.  

The Lakers could have denied him a shot, any shot, and lived with the results. After the loss, Redick — the self-professed "sicko" and "neurotic" head coach of the Lakers — said he plans to switch off the lights in his basement and rewatch film of the game.