LOS ANGELES — The Lakers knew what they were about to face.

“The pressure and the fouling, three, four times on the possession that those teams do — because Phoenix plays a lot like [Oklahoma City] — it’s to get you sped up. It’s to get you disorganized,” Lakers coach J.J. Redick said pregame about the Suns’ defense, which entered the game averaging a league-leading 10.6 steals a game.

The Lakers got sped up and became disorganized. The result was 16 Suns steals on Monday night.

“We kind of stuck to what we do, though,” Suns coach Jordan Ott said. “I mean, if you play extremely hard, try to pressure, try to force turnovers, try to get the extra possessions to win the possession game, and we play fast — obviously we got out, the fast break points are 28 to 2 — but I thought even in the

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