{"id":118136,"date":"2026-04-16T06:41:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T06:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/jj-redicks-simple-blueprint-to-beat-rockets-in-first-round\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T06:41:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T06:41:36","slug":"jj-redicks-simple-blueprint-to-beat-rockets-in-first-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/jj-redicks-simple-blueprint-to-beat-rockets-in-first-round\/","title":{"rendered":"JJ Redick\u2019s Simple Blueprint to Beat Rockets in First Round"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-71360\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t<noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1044\" src=\"https:\/\/basketballforever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Redick-21.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Redick (21)\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/noscript>\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- .post-thumbnail --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The Los Angeles Lakers are heading into a first-round playoff matchup with the Houston Rockets knowing exactly what\u2019s at stake, and according to head coach JJ Redick, the formula for success couldn\u2019t be clearer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTaking care of the basketball and boxing out. That\u2019s the series,\u201d Redick <a href=\"https:\/\/lakersnation.com\/jj-redick-gives-2-keys-to-lakers-series-with-rockets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> after practice. \u201cScheme, personnel, obviously important. But if we don\u2019t take care of the ball and don\u2019t box out, we\u2019re not gonna win the series. They\u2019re number four in scoring opportunities, we were number 23. We don\u2019t have the luxury with Luka and AR out of getting killed in scoring opportunities every single game. We gotta box out. We\u2019re gonna place an emphasis on every drill in practice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe started practice with boxing out today. You gotta put it in their minds. That was literally the only thing we said about Houston today. Today was about us and having a practice and getting sharp with our stuff. Tomorrow we\u2019ll introduce personnel, Thursday we\u2019ll do our scout like we would, Friday will be a reinforcement of that scout and Saturday we\u2019ll be good to go. The only thing we did today was box out and take care of the ball.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Redick has already acknowledged the challenge Houston presents, making it clear this won\u2019t be a straightforward matchup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHouston\u2019s obviously a really good basketball team and we\u2019re gonna prepare and we\u2019re gonna fight and we\u2019re gonna go try to win the series,\u201d Redick said. \u201cGoing into today we told the team like it was; it\u2019s not about the opponent, it\u2019s about us. And now it is about the opponent. We\u2019re gonna do everything we can to get our guys in a great frame of mind, great physical shape over the next four or five days and be ready to play.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foreverbet.com\/en-us\/sportsbook?utm_source=basketballforever&amp;utm_medium=sitearticle&amp;utm_ca%5B%E2%80%A6%5Dn=basketballforever500ph&amp;utm_term=RedickLakersRockets&amp;lid=j0ytdho0wlyd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"730\" height=\"175\" src=\"https:\/\/basketballforever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ForeverBet-BF-promotional-banner-3.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-69110 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-69110\" src=\"https:\/\/basketballforever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ForeverBet-BF-promotional-banner-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"730\" height=\"175\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/basketballforever.com\/2026\/04\/14\/stephen-curry-limited-in-do-or-die-clash-with-clippers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephen Curry Limited in Do-or-Die Clash With Clippers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content -->\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/basketballforever.com\/2026\/04\/15\/jj-redicks-simple-blueprint-to-beat-rockets-in-first-round\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Lakers are heading into a first-round playoff matchup with the Houston Rockets knowing exactly what\u2019s at stake, and according to head coach JJ Redick, the formula for success couldn\u2019t be clearer. \u201cTaking care of the basketball and boxing out. That\u2019s the series,\u201d Redick said after practice. \u201cScheme, personnel, obviously important. 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