JJ Redick has seen LeBron James’ greatness many times, but Saturday night marked the first time he’d ever seen it as his head coach.
After a slow start, LeBron really kicked things into gear in the second stanza, and finised h 32 points, 14 rebounds, ten assists, one block on 54.5 percent shooting from the field and 44.4 percent shooting from three.
And Redick was in awe of the future Hall-of-Famer.
“To just get that performance to start the fourth from LeBron [James]. What can you say? We’ve all been very fortunate to watch his greatness for so long and the fact that he’s able to keep doing it. It’s actually insane,” Redick said. “It’s actually insane. But you know, we executed really well in the fourth — to get 44 points in a quarter was great. And I would just add the last two games, last night and tonight, basketball is a game of imperfect. And our guys weathered some bad stretches, some bad breaks, and the resiliency that we’ve built this week, I believe is a very good foundation for our group.”
Redick has still got plenty to learn about King James this early on in the season, but absolutely loving every minute of it.
“Look, I think in general, when you operate out of gratitude, you sometimes have a feeling of surrealness and I’ve certainly had that many times and many days as the head coach of the Lakers. Tonight was a surreal moment to watch him, coach him,” Redick said.
“In terms of what I’ve learned, I actually learned something tonight, which is that during timeouts when I’m drawing up plays and talking and he’s also talking, that he hears and sees everything. So, noted.”
The almost 40-year-old named three simple things that helped him with his monster game.
“Sleep, hydration, and good food. Literally I slept as soon as I got home after last night’s game. Took 2 naps today, ate some really good food, and I was hydrating today.”
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