The Los Angeles Lakers effectively have their backs against the wall. Despite having homecourt advantage in their ongoing playoff matchup against the Minnesota

Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick rode the same five-man lineup for the entire second half of Sunday's Game 4 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves, but he's not yet revealing whether he will stick with those players again.

Redick came under fire for his handling of the Lakers in the second half of the loss to the Timberwolves, in which he played only five players for all 24 minutes. The Lakers ran out of gas in the fourth quarter, outscored, 32-13, but Redick said that is part of a trend with his team, not a matter of being fatigued for that one game.