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The Los Angeles Lakers are down 3-1 in their playoff series with the Minnesota Timberwolves, but if the team just made a couple more plays in Game 4, the series would be tied 2-2. Head coach JJ Redick decided to play the lineup of LeBron James,

Unable to trust any of his reserve players in Game 4 of a best-of-seven series against the Timberwolves, Lakers coach JJ Redick opted to play the same five players for the entire second half — rather than play any of his bench players — in a crushing 116-113 defeat to go down 3-1 in the series.