There are playoff pushes, and then there are fashion critiques.
On a night when the Los Angeles Lakers dismantled the Dallas Mavericks 124-104 at Crypto.com Arena, the loudest laugh inside the building didn’t come from a dunk or a dagger three. It came from the Lakers bench.
Late in the third quarter, with his team in control and the All-Star break looming across town at the Intuit Dome, Lakers head coach J.J. Redick decided to turn into a professional stylist. He eyed his sidelined superstar, Luka Dončić and zeroed in on the jacket.
“What kind of jacket is that?” Redick asked.
“You don’t know anything about style,” Dončić fired back, barely looking up.
“How would you qualify that jacket?”
“It’s a jacket.”
Deadpan. Perfect.
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The NBA tweeted out the hilarious moment that was captured on hot mic, but overall it showed the friendly and playful banter the coach and his star player have.
James led all players with a game-high 28 points, 10 rebounds, and 12 assists, reminding everyone that the Lakers’ championship ambitions remain stitched tighter than any designer label.
Meanwhile, in the game itself, LeBron James orchestrated the actual masterpiece, finishing with his 123rd career triple-double, becoming the oldest player in NBA history to ever record one.