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Despite bringing back the majority of last season\u2019s team, the\u00a0Lakers\u00a0are a work in progress this season. A vastly different offense under a first-time head coach means a figuring-out process will need to take place in the opening weeks.<\/p>\n

Part of that includes JJ Redick figuring out his rotations. After finding some success early in the season with his lineups, the Lakers hit a wall and adjustments had to be made.<\/p>\n

In\u00a0Friday\u2019s win in Toronto, Redick greatly altered his rotations. The two areas where the Lakers were hemorrhaging the most points came at the end of the first quarter and the beginning of the second quarter.<\/p>\n

Along the same lines, D\u2019Angelo Russell was also struggling, often appearing as a guard alongside LeBron James to open second units.<\/p>\n

Redick\u2019s change against the Raptors involved swapping Austin Reaves and D\u2019Lo in those lineups, allowing D\u2019Lo to finish first and third quarters alongside Anthony Davis and pairing Austin Reaves and LeBron James to start second and fourth quarters, a pair that has always had lots of chemistry.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of it was trying to get the ball in D\u2019Lo\u2019s hands a little bit more as a creator with AD,\u201d Redick said after the win. \u201cAnd then the flip side of that with AR and LeBron, those guys have a really good chemistry and play really well together. Super smart players. I felt like that group, at times in the previous five games, have been a little unorganized and we felt like that could get us organized.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst half, it was phenomenal, the way the two rotations went. We\u2019ll obviously look and see what we could do better in the second half.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Likely not coincidentally, D\u2019Lo had his best game of the season against the Raptors. He scored 19 points on 7-13 shooting and, for basically the first time this season, closed the game with some clutch shot-making.<\/p>\n

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While Reaves struggled, that could be partially chalked up to injury. He also has a lot of built-in goodwill alongside LeBron with a long track record of success together.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was good,\u201d Reaves said. \u201cIt was really good. We were able to generate some shots. Like I said, we had slippage in the second half. But in the first half, the change in the rotation looked good from my perspective.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The change is far bigger one for D\u2019Lo, who is not used to playing for much of the first quarter.<\/p>\n

On Friday, he played until the 1:54 mark of the first period to stay in alongside AD before being replaced by Reaves instead of Gabe Vincent, which has been the normal substitution.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe timing was more something that I\u2019m just not used to, playing a little longer,\u201d Russell said. \u201cEvery team I\u2019ve been on, I\u2019ve always been the first guy out and go back, that type of thing. It\u2019s just different. It is what it is. I\u2019m all about coach\u2019s trial and error with whatever he\u2019s doing. I\u2019m fully bought into what\u2019s going on here. AD played well, LeBron was nice, that\u2019s all that matters.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The sample size will need to be larger before any grand takeaways can be solidified. But the early signs point to both a positive change and, perhaps more importantly, a coach willing to quickly change and adjust.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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