LOS ANGELES — During a 12½-minute pregame media availability that touched on a wide variety of subjects ahead of his team’s regular-season opener against the Golden State Warriors, one word Coach JJ Redick uttered stood out among the rest: discipline.

Redick mentioned discipline in response to a question about the Warriors’ offensive system, saying defenses need to play within the rules they establish, especially against Golden State’s signature post-split actions that create overactions, leading to easy scoring opportunities.

But Redick’s mention of discipline could have applied to several areas of Tuesday night’s game for the Lakers – because their lack of it played a significant part in them dropping the opener, 119-109, despite Luka Doncic (43 points, 12 rebounds and nine assists) tu

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