LA was understandably rusty and distracted in a loss to the San Antonio Spurs, who had a surprise for grieving coach JJ Redick.

The Los Angeles Lakers returned to action on Monday night against the San Antonio Spurs after they had a pair of games postponed due to the wildfires that are running rampant in southern California. The Lakers may not have gotten the win, but Chris Paul ensured this would be a night to remember for JJ Redick.

Chris Paul capped an emotional week with a double-double before presenting his jersey to the sons of Lakers coach JJ Redick.

San Antonio Spurs stars Chris Paul and Victor Wembanyama presented their game jerseys to Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick's

Redick's children are big NBA fans and had a growing memorabilia collection that was destroyed in the wildfires devastating Los Angeles.

Chris Paul and Victor Wembanyama gifted JJ Redick's sons, Knox and Kai, jerseys after the Spurs and Lakers played Monday night.

The Lakers made an interesting move on the friend of their roster as they try to improve on the margins this season.

During the Los Angeles Lakers' disappointing 126-102 blowout loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Monday, a largely healthy L.A. squad looked fairly listless agains

Spurs stars Victor Wembanyama and Chris Paul gifted their game-worn jerseys to J.J. Redick's sons following a game vs. the Lakers.

Knox and Kai Redick are two basketball-obsessed kids who had amassed a big collection of NBA jerseys, trading cards and autographs thanks to their dad's careers as a shooting guard, a podcaster and the coach of the Los Angeles Lakers.

Victor Wembanyama's All-Star candidacy got an expected endorsement from San Antonio Spurs teammate Chris Paul, a 12-time All-Star himself