NBA Note - Los Angeles Lakers Ball, Lonzo

Oct 21, 2017 - 9:10 AM G Lonzo Ball took 27 shots, scored 29 points and barely missed a triple-double in his second NBA game with 11 rebounds and nine assists as the Lakers held off the Phoenix Suns for a 132-130 win on Friday night. "He definitely was being more aggressive," Lakers coach Luke Walton said. "The great thing about him, what we like about him, is that he just plays basketball and he reads (the game). He shot so much because of the way they were defending him. If he gets trapped, he'll make the pass every time. That's why we think he's going to be a special player." Ball is the first Laker to score 29 points in his first or second career game since at least 1963, bettering the 26 that Magic Johnson scored in his debut in 1979. Ball barely missed becoming the youngest NBA player with a triple-double, 27 days earlier than LeBron James.