The Los Angeles Lakers suffered a 132-119 loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday in the NBA Cup quarter-final. It was another example of L.A. struggling on the defensive end, as the team had a hard time slowing down San Antonio throughout. On Saturday, head coach JJ Redick addressed the issues going on with his team.

While talking with media members after practice, the 41-year-old head coach was a bit blunt about his job in finding ways for the Lakers to improve defensively , according to Dave McMenamin of ESPN. Redick claims that he and the team are going to do everything possible to practice and train to eventually become a good defensive team.

“This is my job,” said JJ Redick. “I'm not gonna just say, ‘Oh, we're not going to be a good defensive team.' No. We're gonna scrap a

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