LP HOT NEWS: Lonzo Ball comes away with win in matchup with Wizards' John Wall

October 26, 2017.

US basketball news.

Lonzo Ball comes away with win in matchup with Wizards' John Wall.

Johnathan Hildred Wall Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). And Lonzo Anderson Ball was born on October 27, 1997. He is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

After a dispute between the Washington Wizards and the Los Angeles Lakers focused on assuring Ball LaVar and predicting Wall would torture Lonzo Ball.Therefore, Lakers rallied around Ball. It handed the Wizards their first loss of the season with an inspired 102-99 overtime victory at Staples Center.

People say that in Wednesday’s matchup between the Los Angeles Lakers and Washington Wizards, much of the attention was being paid to the point guard battle between All-Star John Wall and rookie Lonzo Ball.

LaVar Ball told ESPN's Jeff Goodman after the Lakers' win that he has seen this story before. Wall admitted that he was motivated by LaVar Ball's guarantee after the Lakers' loss to New Orleans on Sunday.

Lonzo Ball struggled with his shot and went 2 times out of 11, missing all five of his three-point effort. And he had a win, with 10 assists, eight rebounds, and overtime, Ball scored two points and had two assists. Ball made a positive impact !

After the Lakers came away with a hard-fought 102-99 victory, Wall was complimentary of Ball, praising him for his maturity and skill. John Wall recognizes the gifted Lonzo Ball and how he affects the game. All the ball is concerned about is winning and the Lakers were able to come up on the final end.

Other info about Lonzo Ball:

As a high school senior at Chino Hills High School in 2016, Ball was awarded multiple national high school player of the year honors, and led his team to an undefeated record, as well as a national championship. As a college freshman in 2016–17, he led the nation in assists and broke the UCLA record for most assists in a season. He also won the Wayman Tisdale Award as the top freshman in the nation.

On June 22, 2017, Ball was selected with the second overall pick in the 2017 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Lakers. On July 3, he signed a four-year rookie scale contract with the Lakers. During the 2017 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, Ball was the named the league MVP after averaging 16.3 points, 9.3 assists, 7.7 rebounds, 2.5 steals, and 1.0 blocks per game.

He had two triple-doubles, the first in the Summer League since 2008 and the first ever in Vegas by a rookie. He had four games with 10 or more assists, becoming the first in league history to have more than 10 assists in more than one game; his 9.3 assist average was also a league record.

In his second game on October 20, 2017, he had 29 points, 11 rebounds, and 9 assists in a 132–130 win against the Phoenix Suns, falling one assist shy of becoming the youngest player to notch a triple double in NBA history. In the following contest, he again had a near triple double with eight points, eight rebounds, and 13 assists in a 119–112 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans, becoming the youngest player in Lakers history to get at least 10 assists in a game.