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Following the Los Angeles Lakers’ 119-118 home defeat to the Orlando Magic on Thursday night, Lakers head coach JJ Redick provided some insight into how he copes with losses.
While speaking to reporters after the game, Redick was asked about how he deals with the ebbs and flows of the season now that he is a coach, particularly when the results are negative (beginning at the four-minute mark of the video).
“I go to a very dark place. Literally,” Redick said. “It’s the basement. I turn the lights out and I watch film.”
That strategy has largely worked out well for Redick during his inaugural season as an NBA head coach, as he has the Lakers in fourth place in the highly competitive Western Conference at 10-5.
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