Dalton Knecht, the Lakers’ rookie guard, clutched the game ball inside his locker after he dominated the final minutes of the Lakers’ overtime win Thursday in Phoenix, a proud moment for someone who isn’t a stranger to dominating a game.
“This felt just like Auburn,” he said with a smile, remembering the game last season where he scored 39 points in a win over Tennessee’s SEC rival.
The differences, though, weren’t actually that subtle.
That game in Auburn? It didn’t come with LeBron James and Anthony Davis fanning Knecht on the sidelines after he metaphorically caught fire.