Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick cited “certain habits” as part of the reason why D’Angelo Russell was limited to a season-low 22 minutes in Wednesday’s 131-114 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies.

“Level of competition, attention to detail. Some things we’ve talked to him about over the last few weeks,” Redick said when asked after the game about the starting guard’s lower usage, according to Daniel Starkand of Lakers Nation.

“Sometimes he’s been very good, other times it’s just a return to certain habits. It wasn’t a punishment, but to have a chance to win this match, that was the route we wanted to take. (Gabe Vincent ) in the first half it was fantastic, especially defensively.

Russell, who entered Wednesday averaging 31.3 minutes in seven games this season, was replaced by Vincent with 5:54 left in the third quarter and never appeared in the game again. He finished with 12 points on 4-for-12 shooting, including a 2-for-9 mark from downtown. He also had just three assists, his worst mark in a single game this season.

Vincent hit a long step back two immediately after coming on, cutting Memphis’ lead to nine, but the Grizzlies responded with a Jay Huff three and the Lakers never got within single digits again. Memphis opened its largest lead a minute into the final frame when Luke Kennard – making his season debut after missing the first seven games due to a foot muscle strain – hit his only three of the game, putting his team up to 22.

Lakers star LeBron James scored a game-high 39 points while shooting 15-of-24 from the field and 6-of-11 from deep. He also had seven rebounds, six assists and a steal in the loss.

“LeBron was great – he’s almost 40 years old and he played the hardest on our team,” Redick said, courtesy of Lakers reporter Mike Trudell.