With the Los Angeles Lakers closing out the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday night, 112-108, it came with a solid defensive effort, with even head coach JJ Redick shouting out center Deandre Ayton for his performance. As teammates of the Lakers' big man in Ayton has called him amazing for his season thus far, the 27-year-old would downplay his outing in response to his head coach.

In the win over the 76ers, Ayton would record 14 points on a perfect shooting night of making all seven attempts from the field to go along with 12 rebounds and a +10 on the court. However, when Redick praised his defensive outing, Ayton didn't understand it, though he thanked him for the praise.

“[I will] be real: I don't know what (Reddick) is talking about. I don't even know. I was asking ‘What do you m

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