MIAMI -- As Heat guard Tyler Herro went nuclear, hitting seven straight 3-pointers in the third quarter of a 134-93 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday, it dawned on L.A. coach JJ Redick just how lost his team has become.
"We're having trouble right now on both ends with, like, base-level game-plan stuff," Redick said after the Lakers lost for the sixth time in the past eight games. "It's odd. It's very odd."
Odder still is how a team that was 10-4 just two weeks ago, with a chance to make it 11-4 if it only hit some late free throws against the Orlando Magic, is suddenly in free fall, losing those six games by an average of 21.