How Brandon Knight’s First Career Triple-Double Was A Particularly Special One

The Los Angeles Lakers lost to the Phoenix Suns 120-101 on Tuesday night, their 9th loss in their first 11 games, tying their worst 11-game start in franchise history, according to ESPN Stats and Information. Though he entered Monday’s game against Phoenix averaging a modest 6.5 points on 39.4 percent shooting in 18.8 minutes, World Peace posted 11 points on 4-of-4 shooting, 2-of-2 from 3-point range and two rebounds in the first half versus the Suns. The others to accomplish this feat where Pete Maravich (1975), Magic Johnson (1981) and Russell Westbrook (March of 2015).

The Suns’ last three wins have all come against teams playing the second game of a back-to-back. “When you see that, good things happen”.

“I feel way better”. Bledsoe, with his own Usage Rate of 28.4%, averages 5.9 assists per game and assists on 31.1% of his teammates field goals while on the floor. The Lakers led by as many as five points in the first quarter, but Phoenix took a three-point lead before the end of the first first period. Now, Brandon Knight having the ball on the perimeter is risky to begin with, but it apparently becomes more unsafe when Marcelo Huertas is the one that’s covering him. – Lakers guard Lou Williams said on TWC SportsNet. “He got everyone shots; he created shots for himself, the whole nine yards”. The lineup Scott chose was predictably frightful defensibly while the young pieces of the Lakers’ future missed out on valuable development time, and then he made a decision to call out his team for their lack of “manhood” after the game.

“We feel that one of those guys is going to have an advantage” every night, Suns coach Jeff Hornacek. If Brandon Knight can stay healthy along with Eric Bledsoe, they will be an offense to be reckoned with. As you’ve seen, they’ve kind of been alternating. But he’s looked anything but NBA-ready through his first few appearances this season. The Lakers, led by an all-around effort by Kobe Bryant, Jordan Clarkson and a defense that held the Detroit Pistons to 37-percent shooting from the field helped the purple and gold notch a 97-85 win of the season and first home win of the 2015-16 season. Center Roy Hibbert added 14 points and seven rebounds for the Lakers, who are now 0-6 against the Western Conference and had no answer for Knight and Bledsoe. This is something coach Byron Scott promises. However, they’re not fun to watch for anything great they do on the court. “It was a real test for our team, just being able to continue to be consistent, and we did that”.

The Suns close out their four-game homestand with a visit from Derrick Rose, Jimmy Butler and Pau Gasol of the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday. They finally did it with a 21-8 run early in the fourth quarter, with center Alex Len scoring the last five points, including a three-point play to make it 101-86 Phoenix with 6:43 left.