Los Angeles Lakers rookie Dalton Knecht continued to light it up in the team’s sixth straight win Tuesday night.
After suffering four losses in five-games spanning from late-October to early-November, the Lakers season seemed to already be in jeopardy. But a surge of new life has now come in the form of six-straight wins for the purple and gold.
On Tuesday night, Knecht played like a man possessed, scoring a team-high 37 points on 12-for-16 shooting, including 75% 3-point shooting on 12 attempts. He would finish three frames with a team-high 33 points on a blistering 8-for-10 3-point shooting, then a +27 plus-minus. He would pour even more on in the fourth, tying the NBA rookie record for most 3-pointers in a single game with nine total.
In his three games previous to the win over the Jazz, Knecht averaged a white-hot 20 points on 64% shooting overall, hitting 63% of his over six three attempted per game. Additionally, he added four rebounds, 1.7 assists and one steals per game in shooting 100% at the line. With the performance, he's now averaging double digits points on the year.
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