The Los Angeles Lakers opened their three-game trip on Nov. 8, 2025, with a 122-102 defeat to the Atlanta Hawks at State Farm Arena, ending a five-game winning streak.
Atlanta entered the night without injured starters Trae Young and Jalen Johnson and was playing the second half of a back-to-back. Despite the Hawks’ depleted rotation, they controlled the game from the opening tip, leaving the Lakers looking “listless and disengaged,” according to head coach JJ Redick.
Redick kept his postgame remarks concise. Asked to describe the performance, he replied, “Yeah, just not a lot to like tonight.” When pressed on whether the loss reflected more on Los Angeles or Atlanta, he credited the hosts: “They brought the requisite level of effort and urgency and physicality.”
The first-year coach labeled the effort “very disappointing” and admitted he sensed trouble almost immediately. “I realized that in the first two minutes of the game,” he said.
Marcus Smart, whom Redick recently called “the quarterback of our defense,” supplied energy on both ends, but the Lakers could not match Atlanta’s intensity overall. The loss dropped Los Angeles to 6-3 on the season.
The Lakers continue the trip Monday against the Charlotte Hornets.
Source: LakersNation.com
