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JJ Redick Taunted Josh Hart Back After the Lakers Took a Late Lead vs. Knicks
The Los Angeles Lakers beat the New York Knicks 113β109 in overtime on Thursday night. After the game Luka Doncic and Jalen Brunson exchanged autographed jerseys, but during the game things weren't always so cordial between two of the top teams in the league.
Josh Hart made a three-pointer with 3:23 remaining to give the Knicks a four-point lead. To celebrate, he appeared to do finger guns at the Lakers' bench. Then he paused as he skipped past Lakers coach JJ Redick and pointed right at him.
Josh Hart points at JJ Redick after hitting the three π³π pic.twitter.com/996SlVSFs6
β Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) March 7, 2025
On the Lakers' next possession, Gabe Vincent hit a three to get the Lakers back within one. After Jalen Brunson and LeBron James exchanged baskets, Vincent hit another three to give the Lakers a three-point lead with 1:21 remaining. The Knicks immediately called a timeout. As both teams gathered on their benches you could see Redick point right back at Hart.
Found the clip, this was right after Gabeβs 3 to take the leadππ You can see JJ pointing at Hart while he walks to the bench pic.twitter.com/jtJbTeFPLz https://t.co/tXVHb3emzm
β Β²Β³π»ππ±ππππππππππβοΈππ (@BronGotGame) March 7, 2025
Seeing a coach and player have this kind of exchange is rare, but Hart isn't most players and Redick isn't most coaches. Plus, they were teammates on the New Orleans Pelicans five years ago. And they're close enough for Hart to rip on Redick's mustache in a public forum.
Josh Hart was asked if it's "weird" to have JJ Redick as the opposing coach when he played with Redick earlier in his career:
β Knicks Videos (@sny_knicks) February 2, 2025
"It's not weird. He's ugly as hell with the mustache, though. JJ's a very handsome guy but that mustache doesn't do him any good" π pic.twitter.com/MOEffMXX19
To make this possibly rivalry even funnier, Hart once lost a three-point shooting contest to Redick's then 8-year old son.
So what happens when Knox, @jj_redickβs 8-year-old son, challenges @joshhart to a 3-point contest? pic.twitter.com/hc6yMhpyyz
β TheYoungManAndTheThree (@OldManAndThree) April 23, 2023
Please do not let anyone who played in the NBA in the 1990's see any of these clips.
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Stephen Douglas is a senior writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He has worked in media since 2008 and now casts a wide net with coverage across all sports. Douglas spent more than a decade with The Big Lead and previously wrote for Uproxx and The Sporting News. He has three children, two degrees and one now unverified Twitter account.