{"id":157688,"date":"2025-07-09T07:05:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T07:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/157688\/"},"modified":"2025-07-09T07:05:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T07:05:11","slug":"dalton-knecht-leads-summer-lakers-to-come-from-behind-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/157688\/","title":{"rendered":"Dalton Knecht leads summer Lakers to come-from-behind victory"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dalton Knecht, the sophomore sharpshooter for the Los Angeles Lakers<\/a>, struggled in his first two games of the California Classic over the weekend. But on Tuesday, he returned to form and flexed his potential.<\/p>\n

Against the San Antonio Spurs<\/a>, he scored 25 points and went 9-of-18 from the field and 4-of-8 from 3-point range. Fifteen of his points came in the fourth quarter when the Lakers overcame what was once a 14-point deficit to squeak out an 89-88 victory.<\/p>\n

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Knecht also had eight rebounds in 29 minutes. Forward Cole Swider, who was hot in the team’s first two games, cooled down and only hit two of his nine 3-point attempts on Tuesday. He did contribute three blocks and two steals, however.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Bronny James made one of his five shot attempts and finished with two points, two steals, one rebound, one assist and three turnovers.<\/p>\n

One man who also shone brightly for L.A. was Darius Bazley, a 6-foot-9 forward the team added to its summer league roster. He went for 27 points on 8-of-10 shooting from the field and 10-of-12 from the free throw line, and he also snatched 13 rebounds and rejected two shots.<\/p>\n

Bazley, 25, has appeared in 237 NBA games over five seasons since entering the league in 2019 as the No. 23 pick in the draft. During the 2020-21 season, he averaged 13.7 points and 7.2 rebounds a game for the Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Next for the Lakers is the main Las Vegas summer league, which they will start on Thursday with a contest versus Cooper Flagg and the Dallas Mavericks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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