EL SEGUNDO — Lakers coach JJ Redick didn’t appear to be surprised by his team’s poor transition defense during their pair of preseason games against the Phoenix Suns and Golden State Warriors over the weekend .

Because in his eyes, it lined up with what he was seeing during training camp practices last week.

“Our transition defense in both games, and frankly, last week for those three practices, [was] dog [expletive],” Redick said after Tuesday’s practice. “Our transition defense, a lot of that comes from being in shape.”

Redick added: “I would say across the board we still have to continue to build our conditioning and our fitness.”

The Lakers allowed at least 19 fast-break points in the two losses – 19 to the Suns and 23 to the Warriors.

“It just wasn’t good,” guard Austin Reave

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