Duke basketball legend [autotag]JJ Redick[/autotag] got his first NBA head-coaching season off to a promising start, but he and the Los Angeles Lakers have fallen on harder times over the past two weeks.
The Blue Devils’ all-time leading scorer won 10 of his first 14 games with the storied franchise, including victories over former Duke stars [autotag]Jared McCain[/autotag] and [autotag]Kyle Filipowski[/autotag] with their respective professional teams. However, the Lakers have lost six of their eight games since November 21, tumbling down to the ninth seed in the Western Conference with a 12-10 record.
All is not lost for Reddick’s debut season, however. The Lakers are just 2.5 games behind the Houston Rockets for the second overall seed in the conference, and of their seven games between now and Christmas Day, only one comes against a foe with a better record.
Redick and the Lakers play the Atlanta Hawks at 7:30 p.m. Eastern time on Friday night.