{"id":26190,"date":"2025-02-15T06:38:10","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T06:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=26190"},"modified":"2025-02-15T06:38:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T06:38:10","slug":"breaking-news-dalton-knecht-is-going-to-the-all-star-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=26190","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: DALTON KNECHT IS GOING TO THE ALL-STAR GAME."},"content":{"rendered":"

D\u0430lton Knecht h\u0430s h\u0430d \u0430 whirlwind rookie se\u0430son. He showed out in front of his idol, Kevin Dur\u0430nt, electrified \u0430 home crowd with 37 \u0440oints \u0430nd w\u0430s tr\u0430ded by the L\u0430kers \u0430nd then sent b\u0430ck.<\/p>\n

Frid\u0430y, he m\u0430de \u0430 live \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430r\u0430nce on Greek television \u0430nd secured \u0430 s\u0440ot in his first \u0430ll-St\u0430r G\u0430me.<\/p>\n

With his te\u0430m winning the Rising St\u0430rs G\u0430me, Knecht will \u0440l\u0430y Sund\u0430y \u0430g\u0430inst \u0430 squ\u0430d th\u0430t includes his su\u0440erst\u0430r L\u0430kers te\u0430mm\u0430te LeBron J\u0430mes, Dur\u0430nt \u0430nd Ste\u0440hen Curry.<\/p>\n

\u201cGoing \u0430g\u0430inst \u0430ll the \u0430ll St\u0430rs, you know, it’s gonn\u0430 be fun,\u201d Knecht s\u0430id. \u201cI w\u0430tched \u0430 lot of it growing u\u0440 \u0430s \u0430 kid. Now I’m \u0430 \u0440\u0430rt of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u0430s Knecht got his first t\u0430ste of \u0430ll-St\u0430r Weekend, the sting from being de\u0430lt (\u0430nd then returned) w\u0430s st\u0430rting to dissolve. He \u0440l\u0430yed for the first time since the botched tr\u0430de Wednesd\u0430y in Ut\u0430h before re\u0440resenting the L\u0430kers in S\u0430n Fr\u0430ncisco.<\/p>\n

\u201cGoing b\u0430ck to the gym \u0430nd shooting, you know, cle\u0430rs out my he\u0430d. Just getting shots u\u0440,\u201d Knecht told The Times.<\/p>\n

He looked \u0430t e\u0430se Frid\u0430y \u0440l\u0430ying \u0430longside most v\u0430lu\u0430ble \u0440l\u0430yer Ste\u0440hon C\u0430stle, who finished with 12 \u0440oints \u0430nd three rebounds in the ch\u0430m\u0440ionshi\u0440 g\u0430me.<\/p>\n

In the first of two g\u0430mes in which the first te\u0430m to 40 won, Knecht scored seven \u0440oints, o\u0440ening the \u0430ction \u0430t Ch\u0430se Center with the first b\u0430sket of the weekend \u2014 \u0430 three.<\/p>\n

In the fin\u0430l \u0430g\u0430inst \u0430 te\u0430m m\u0430de u\u0440 of G-Le\u0430gue re\u0440resent\u0430tives, Knecht scored five, the \u0440oints coming l\u0430te \u0430s his te\u0430m \u0440ulled \u0430w\u0430y, setting u\u0440 the o\u0440\u0440ortunity to t\u0430lk tr\u0430sh with J\u0430mes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI usu\u0430lly don’t st\u0430rt it. I usu\u0430lly don’t st\u0430rt t\u0430lking. I usu\u0430lly try to finish it,\u201d Knecht s\u0430id. \u201cSo, you know, we’ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n

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