Redick seems pretty frustrated.
The Los Angeles Lakers looked like a completely different team a week ago.
They were rolling through March with a 15-2 record, Luka Doncic was putting up MVP numbers, and the whole roster had finally settled into its identity under JJ Redick.
That version of the Lakers felt dangerous heading into April.
That version is gone right now.
Tuesday night's 123-87 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder at Crypto.com Arena was the latest reminder of how quickly things have fallen apart, dropping the Lakers to 50-29 on the season with a three-game losing streak.
The Thunder, sitting at 63-16, swept the season series and made this one ugly from the second quarter on.
Playing Short-Handed and Searching for Answers
The Lakers were without Doncic, Austin Reaves, LeBron James, Marcus Smart and Jaxson Hayes on Tuesday, which meant Redick had to roll out a starting lineup featuring two-way big Drew Timme and give extended minutes to rookie Adou Thiero and second-year wing Dalton Knecht, who has averaged just 4.6 points per game this season.
Doncic and Reaves are done for the regular season with hamstring and oblique injuries, and LeBron sat to rest his left foot after logging 39 minutes in a loss at Dallas two days earlier.
The result was the Lakers' lowest-scoring game of the season and a performance that had Redick visibly frustrated from the opening minutes.
He called a timeout less than three minutes into the first quarter and pulled Rui Hachimura after a missed defensive assignment, then yanked Jarred Vanderbilt just 16 seconds into the second quarter, leading to a heated exchange between the two that went viral on social media.
Who is All In?
After the game, Redick did not hold back when talking about what he needs from his players heading into the final stretch of the regular season and the playoffs.
"We've gotta find nine guys that are all-in on us fighting," Redick said. "Whatever you got to do to go out and fight and be all-in on the team, we'll find the nine guys."
That is about as direct as it gets from a head coach with three games left in the regular season.
Redick also pointed to effort and togetherness as non-negotiable requirements, saying the team has to "scrap and claw" and "be great teammates" while playing undermanned.
The Energy Has Shifted
What makes all of this hit harder is how good things felt just a week ago.
The Lakers had clinched a playoff spot and their second straight Pacific Division title behind a dominant March where Doncic scored 600 points in a single month and Reaves was playing the best basketball of his career.
Redick even hit 100 career wins as a head coach. The vibes were right and the team was clicking.
Now the Lakers are dealing with injuries to their two best scorers, internal tension between the coaching staff and role players, and real questions about whether the supporting cast can hold things together until the postseason starts on April 18.
Hachimura finished with a team-high 15 points after his early benching, and guys like Timme and Thiero showed some fight, but the gap between this group and a healthy Lakers roster was painfully obvious.
The Lakers close out the regular season with games against the Golden State Warriors, Phoenix Suns and Utah Jazz.
Redick has three games to figure out which nine guys are ready to go to war when it counts.