Los Angeles Lakers forward Dalton Knecht shoots over San Antonio Spurs guard Chris Paul during the second half at Frost Bank Centre. LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Lakers return home on Nov 19 (Nov 20, Singapore time), where they will put a season-best five-game winning streak on the line against the Utah Jazz in an NBA (National Basketball Association) Cup West Group B game. The Lakers have taken advantage of undermanned teams of late, with victories in the winning streak coming over the Philadelphia 76ers without Joel Embiid, the Memphis Grizzlies without Ja Morant and the New Orleans Pelicans sans CJ McCollum and Dejounte Murray on Nov 16.
In the 104-99 victory at New Orleans, Los Angeles had their own personnel issues to overcome, with Cam Reddish (foot) and Rui Hachimura (ankle) both out. Rookie Dalton Knecht started and scored a career-best 27 points. Over his past three games, two of them starts, Knecht has averaged 20.
0 points in 31.5 minutes per game. He was five of 10 from three-point range against the Pelicans and has gone 12 of 19 (63.
2 per cent) in his three-game productive stretch. “Every time (Knecht) shoots the ball, I think it’s going in,” said the Lakers’ Anthony Davis, who had 31 points and 14 rebounds against his former team. “That’s why we get so frustrated and upset with him when he doesn’t shoot.
He’s a great player. He can defend, he can shoot, he can put it on the floor, he can pass. So he can do it all.
” Lakers veteran LeBron James.
