The Los Angeles Lakers acquired Tyler Ennis from the Houston Rockets on Feb. 23 for Marcelo Huertas. Ennis did not play a lot when he first joined the Lakers, but saw his minutes increase down the home stretch of the regular season. In the last five games, Ennis is averaging 27.4 minutes, 11.8 points, 3.4 assists and 1.2 rebounds.
"When I got here they told me I was going to have a chance to go out and play," Ennis told the Los Angeles Times. "I know it wasn’t going to be given to me with all the guards and the young players that were here.