LeBron James shrugged off Redick's tone, noting with a chuckle that the Lakers have grown accustomed to the fact that he will "spazz out" at times. He says the players have to focus on the message and not how Redick's saying it, and in this case that was to lock back in and keep running good offense.

Midway through the third quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers' eventual 94–85 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday, an irate JJ Redick, while calling a timeout, ripped into his club in a profanity-laced outburst as Los Angeles's lead over Minnesota slowly dwindled.

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.