The Los Angeles Lakers went into Sunday night’s matchup against the Memphis Grizzlies as underdogs. Memphis was the No. 2 team in the Western Conference and playing some extremely good basketball, while the Lakers had slipped all the way to No. 10 with only three wins in their previous 11 games. But head coach JJ Redick seemed to have a good gameplan and the Lakers seemed to execute it well.
The Lakers were in control most of the game, taking a double-digit lead with a big run in the second quarter and never ceding it. The Grizzlies won the third and fourth quarters, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the gap they had created in the first half.