Dalton Knecht could only shrug when he buried his fourth consecutive 3-pointer and sent the Los Angeles Lakers ' entire arena into a frenzy.
That was a very specific shrug by the Lakers rookie, however - the one made famous by Michael Jordan in the 1992 NBA Finals after a legendary 3-point flurry.
"Rui Hachimura was talking to me about how I need to get a 3-point celebration," Knecht said. "I didn't know what to do, so I just gave the shrug."
A shrug is also the increasingly accurate response to the question many NBA fans are asking after Knecht's 37-point barrage Tuesday night Just how did Knecht fall to the Lakers with the 17th pick in last summer's draft?
Knecht torched the Utah Jazz with nine 3-pointers in the Lakers' 124-118 victory, tying the single-game rookie record. He got on a major roll in the third quarter, hitting those four consecutive 3s before adding three free throws and another triple - and yet another 3 at the start of the fourth.
