“JJ Redick one week wonder” – Lakers disappointing loss to Detroit Pistons leaves fans furious

Fans fume after Detroit Pistons expose flaws in Los Angeles Lakers leaving LeBron James and JJ Redick with embarrassing loss.

“JJ Redick one week wonder” – Lakers disappointing loss to Detroit Pistons leaves fans furious

LeBron James and JJ Redick suffer humiliation as Los Angeles Lakers lose to Detroit Pistons

LeBron James’s seemingly helping JJ Redick to the Los Angeles Lakers head coaching job was met with a lot of skepticism. Redick had no prior coaching experience and a stagnant roster. But after the first few games, the doubts seemed to go away—until they met the Detroit Pistons tonight.

The Detroit Pistons made headlines last year for the wrong reasons. One was recording the longest consecutive stretch of losses, and the other was firing a head coach who they paid massive money to bring in. For a team that finished at the bottom last season, it was expected they would improve.

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But little did the Los Angeles Lakers, and the basketball fans realize that the Pistons have turned a corner. That turn was good enough that they won comfortably against LeBron James and his teammates. This loss (103-115) though could not have come at a worse time.

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First was the early winning streak the purple and gold enjoyed. Then, they lost two games to fellow playoff contenders which brought up some questions. Then last game they won against an injury-depleted Toronto Raptors.

Tonight, against a team that took three full months to win three games last season, the Lakers were supposed to continue that winning streak. But the Detroit Pistons were playing for their pride. They stifled the likes of James and the rest of the starting five.

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Anthony Davis was the lone warrior who had a good game. But the rest, and in addition, the bench, could not get anything going. It seems the Pistons felt they should focus on the rest rather than concentrate on Davis. In the end, their plan worked.

Fans unload onto Los Angeles Lakers after losing to Pistons

The problem with the Pistons executing their plan was that it showed that the Lakers did not have one to counter it. Particularly when all the talk since the beginning of the season was that JJ Redick is brilliant at coming up with schemes to counter his opposition. Tonight, this loss to the Detroit Pistons exposed two flaws.

One was the lack of bench production, and two, the lack of those counter schemes when one method was not working. Fans on social media gave their opinion watching this horror show that was the Lakers tonight. Check out examples of those opinions below.

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The Los Angeles Lakers will meet a strong Memphis Grizzlies up next. If they lose to them, the men in purple and gold will be back to an .500 record. Not the best way to instill confidence in fans that JJ Redick is the best option.