Lakers seek to recapture defensive identity amid skid

ORLANDO, Fla. — As Lakers coach JJ Redick sees it, his team’s recent woeful defensive performances are because of the bad habits the group developed on that end of the floor over the previous couple of weeks while a few of their main players were injured.
But those bad habits are still lingering even with LeBron James, Rui Hachimura and Jaxson Hayes all back in the fold.
This was evident in the Lakers’ back-to-back losses to the Chicago Bulls at home on Saturday and Orlando Mag