JJ Redick's first year as an NBA coach has gone better than most anticipated. The Lakers, after three years of being a Play-In team, became the West's No. 3 seed in Redick's first

When the Timberwolves started to make a run on the Lakers in the third quarter of Game 2, Lakers coach JJ Redick called a timeout and was animated.

Spurred by their tone-setting 40-year-old superstar, the Lakers defend their rears off to square their best-of-seven first-round series against the Timberwolves with a bruise-filled 94-85 win.