JJ Redick shares his thoughts on the Lakers' offensive process against the Warriors

Since the Lakers only scored 97 points in their preseason loss to the Golden State Warriors, one might think that this was a poor offensive performance. In many ways you are right.

This was Los Angeles' lowest point total this preseason and represented its second-worst 3-point percentage at 27.5% of 40 attempts.

Still, head coach JJ Redick was generally positive about the offense as he reflected on the post-contest process.

“I was very encouraged by the shots we got,” Redick said. “Very encouraged. It was when we didn't trust our offense and got a little stagnant and the ball got stuck. That was at the start of the third quarter. We had 19. “I think in the third AD had eight points on four consecutive possessions in iso ball – what I called those plays because he didn't touch it, that was just because we didn't have a good offense in that quarter had played. This happens sometimes and is a growth opportunity, a learning lesson for our group.

“Our execution, ball movement, passing, all that stuff… I thought it was great in the first half. We just didn't take shots and that's human nature, it's a tendency of groups, of players. I lived it.” So I’ve experienced a lot of these things and have some perspective on them. You stop trusting it and you start saying, “I need to get myself going,” and that's not the way we do it. I want to play and that's okay. It happens, we get better.

As a result, the Lakers struggled to score and shot poorly but had an encouraging offense. How can all this be true?

Well, even if the numbers don't lie, they still lack context. If you look at the first half you can see effective ball movement and many of the 3-point shots looked good.

Plus, you have a sloppy LeBron James in this preseason game, which won't happen for entire games next week when the regular season begins.

Process and results ideally go hand in hand, but this game is an example of how this is not always the case.

While the Lakers played their planned regular-season rotations in the first half, the third quarter featured many of the younger players, and the South Bay Lakers had most of the run in the fourth quarter.

Anthony Davis was incredible when things got serious and the Lakers were competitive in those minutes against the Warriors.

Now the concern is that while the offense looks nice, their staff can't execute it. Redick seems to want to make a lot of 3-point shots, and so far the team has struggled to capitalize on them.

This was her second 11:40 shooting night from deep this preseason. They are mediocre from 3-point range, averaging 29.5% in the preseason. This puts the Lakers 15th in the NBA in terms of 3-point shooting percentage.

Again, it's just preseason and the sample size is small. The law of averages states that 11-40 nights in an 82 game season is not common.

But how many great shooters do the Lakers have?

D'Angelo Russell is the franchise leader in 3-pointers, and last season, LeBron and Rui Hachimura were the only other Lakers besides Russell to average over 40% from downtown.

Can they increase their volume and not decrease their percentages? Will they be able to adjust to this offense and win games, or will there be major growing pains early on as they adjust to a new coach and system?

The Western Conference is tough, so hopefully the Lakers can get off to a good start and pick up early wins while smoothing things out.

We'll find out soon enough as the regular season is just days away.

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