Magic Johnson questioned why JJ Redick played LeBron James and Luka Doncic so much in the second half of Sunday's loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves

Unable to trust any of his reserve players in Game 4 of a best-of-seven series against the Timberwolves, Lakers coach JJ Redick opted to play the same five players for the entire second half — rather than play any of his bench players — in a crushing 116-113 defeat to go down 3-1 in the series.

On Sunday after the Lakers suffered a diesheartening 116-113 loss to the Timberwolves in Game 4 of their opening-round series, putting the Western Conference No. 3 seed Lakers down, 3-1, to No. 6 Minnesota, Johnson brought about as much heat as he could muster on his former team.