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Lakers beat Suns behind rookie Dalton Knecht’s best preseason game yet

PHOENIX —

The plan, at least how it was conceptualized, was for the Lakers to come to Phoenix on Thursday night and go through an exercise that mimicked a regular-season game.

They would prepare for the Suns by going through a scouting report and the kind of game-day routine they’ll adopt for the season. They would extend starters’ minutes and try to mimic real game substitutions.

But even before JJ Redick became the Lakers’ coach, he knew plans sometimes aren’t worth the paper they’re written on.

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“You don’t often get to live in an idealized world in this league and that’s OK,” Redick said before the Lakers’ fifth preseason game.