It’s a performance that he will remember for a long time, and the entire NBA with it. On the night of Thursday to Friday, the American guard of the Los Angeles Lakers Dalton Knecht (23 years old) was the author of a major performance during the preseason match between his team and the Phoenix Suns (128-122 victory).
Co-top scorer of the match with his teammate Anthony Davis, the young player, drafted this summer in 17th position by the Lakers from the Tennessee Volunteers, was notably immense at the end of the match to allow his team to win overtime then win the match. With 1’23 remaining in the last quarter and the Suns leading 111-107, it was the moment he chose to turn the match around on his own, scoring 7 points in a row including the three-point basket that tied the two teams with five seconds remaining.
The start of a crazy series: no player other than Knecht will score for the Lakers before the very end of the first period of overtime. In total, the native of Fargo (North Dakota) scored 20 points alone for his team between the end of the third quarter and the end of overtime, a little less than six minutes of effective playing time.
