When asked about Dalton Knecht’s heater, JJ made sure to give D’Lo his flowers 💯
During a free throw, JJ says he talked to D’Lo about how to orchestrate the offense to get DK open.
Dalton’s heater helped shoot the Jazz out of their zone defense and D’Lo was at the forefront of… pic.twitter.com/ZWWUqOeFHz
— Lakers All Day Everyday (@LADEig) November 20, 2024
How D’Lo orchestrated offense to get Dalton Knecht open.
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November 20, 2024 3 Comments
DLO assisted on all of Knecht’s 3rd quarter explosion.
Man, Knecht has become Lakers secret weapon.
Big question is how can they NOT start him at this point?
https://twitter.com/khobi_price/status/1859117773156192689
https://x.com/LakerTom/status/1859241613576565145
And the Jazz couldn’t find any effective defense to stall Knecht, who exploded for 21 points in the final 3:29 of the third quarter to double the Lakers’ lead from 11 to 22 heading into the fourth.
Knecht hit four straight 3s — the first three coming off assists from D’Angelo Russell — and with each make, the Crypto.com Arena crowd got louder and louder.
With seemingly everyone in the building anticipating his next attempt, Knecht got Utah’s Cody Williams to bite on a move and foul him beyond the 3-point line, earning three free throws. He made all three.
To cap the flurry, he hit another 3 — again off a pass from Russell — with 26.3 seconds left in the third, to finish 6-for-6 for the quarter.
He finished going 12-for-16 from the field, including 9-for-12 from 3, with five rebounds and a steal.