Los Angeles — With a possible suspension looming for starting point guard Rajon Rondo due to a punch thrown at Chris Paul as the Lakers lost to the Houston Rockets in their home-opener at Staples Center on Saturday night, Lonzo Ball couldn’t have picked a better time to (seemingly) regain his rhythm.
Ball missed basically the entire offseason as he recovered from knee surgery, and was only cleared in time to play in two of the Lakers’ preseason games. In the team’s first regular season game, he didn’t look good, but he bounced back in their second one, scoring 14 points on 5-10 shooting while hitting four of his eight 3-point attempts.