How the Lakers’ D’Angelo Russell is thriving with new coach JJ Redick

TORONTO — The play happened just like D’Angelo Russell said it would.

A little over an hour before the Lakers’ 131-125 win over the Toronto Raptors on Friday, Russell was at his locker inside the visitor’s locker room at Scotiabank Arena having a conversation with third-year wing Max Christie about a possible scenario that could occur in the game.

The gist of what Russell told Christie, which was observed by a couple of reporters, including the Southern California News Group: Be...