After blowing huge leads in back-to-back games against Golden State and Charlotte, when the Nets got the Lakers down on Monday, they kept them down. The Nets put together a slump-busting 111-108 victory over the Lakers before a sellout crowd of 18,

The Lakers, the league's best defense since Jan. 15, will have to rely more on that end of the floor to generate transition offense.

Luka is still relatively new to the team, as is this stretch of outstanding defense. Head coach JJ Redick has done a remarkable job of steering the Lakers ship through such changing waters this year, but if there's one constant that he's had since Day 1, it's LeBron James.