It's clear that the Los Angeles Lakers are going to have to clean up their defensive output between now and April if they want to be a true threat to make a deep run in the playoffs. For that to happen, JJ Redick must figure out a way to make the Deandre Ayton and Rui Hachimura pairing work on that side of the ball.
Sam Vecenie of the Game Theory Podcast recently discussed this issue. He was spot on in mentioning how the Lakers' defensive performance has tanked since LeBron James returned to the lineup, and in how Ayton and Hachimura simply don't work well when they're on the floor together defensively.