At beginning of tough stretch, Lakers show grit with overtime victory over Knicks
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“Our guys, in what felt like a playoff game at times, really just gutted out a win,” Redick said.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It is fitting that in a town built on movies and television, JJ Redick likes to use a popular directing term to refer to different moments in his first season as coach of the Los Angeles Lakers.
On Thursday night, the Lakers provided Redick with another memorable callback moment.
Los Angeles began a stretch of five games against some of the top teams in the NBA with a 113-109 overtime victory over the New York Knicks.
The Lakers have won eight straight and are second in the Western Conference at 40-21.
“Our guys, in what felt like a playoff game at times, really just gutted out a win,” Redick said.
The Lakers trailed by double digits midway through the fourth quarter, but rallied to force overtime. It was tied at 107 — on free throws by injured Knicks star Jalen Brunson — late in the extra session before Los Angeles closed it out with a 6-2 run.
