Gabe Vincent is hot from three in Lakers

LAS VEGAS — Gabe Vincent pulled up for a three-pointer and nailed it. And then Vincent nailed his next three and his next three and his next, giving him 4 straight made treys.

Vincent was on fire to start the sport for the Lakers during their exhibition recreation against the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night time at T-Mobile Arena.

Before Vincent may even suppose about getting off his fifth three-pointer, Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg smothered him. Vincent stumbled and fell, scrambling to keep control of the ball. He did and handed it to a teammate.

When Vincent received to his toes and received the ball back, the followers started to shout, “Shooot it!” So, Vincent did, nailing his fifth three-pointer over the outstretched hand of the 6-9 Flagg, drawing more cheers from the pro-Lakers crowd.

Vincent was fouled on his sixth three-point attempt, sending him to the free-throw line for three free throws, all of which he made. That gave Vincent 18 factors in what appeared like a flash in the first quarter.

He missed his next two three makes an attempt, but that didn’t appear to matter to the group. Vincent had put on a show.

Vincent completed the sport with 22 factors on six-for-15 taking pictures and six-for-11 on three-pointers during the Lakers’ 121-94 loss to the Mavericks that noticed L.A. get outscored 37-8 in the fourth quarter.

“I just wanted to come out aggressive,” Vincent said. “Obviously we were a few guys down. We knew we needed to play a little fast and I just wanted to come out and be aggressive and look for my shot. Guys found me early. They went in. That’s always helpful.”

He was half of a Lakers’ beginning group of Rui Hachimura (19 factors), Jaxson Hayes (12 factors, 10 rebounds), Jarred Vanderbilt and Dalton Knecht. None of them performed in the sport Tuesday night time in Phoenix.

Vanderbilt was having a good all-around recreation until he was pressured to depart late in the second quarter with a left quad contusion after banging his left knee with a Mavericks defender. He limped up and down the court, but was still in a position to rating on a dunk after he was injured and he drilled a three-pointer.

But with 5 minutes and 39 seconds left in the second quarter, Vanderbilt limped back to the Lakers’ locker room and never returned to play. He had 5 factors, seven rebounds and 4 assists in 13 minutes.

“He can be a really impactful guy on both ends,” Lakers coach JJ Redick said about Vanderbilt. “Yyou can see he’s moving better than he was last season. You can clearly tell that he’s spent a lot of time working on his game this summer…Having him be able to guard multiple positions on the perimeter and be a crasher and hopefully a high-level corner spacer and a cutter…He can do a lot.”

The beginning 5 Lakers who did play against the Suns — Luka Doncic, Austin Reaves, Deandre Ayton, Marcus Smart and Jake LaRavia — didn’t play in the back-to-back recreation against the Mavericks, Doncic’s former group that traded him to the Lakers in February. Redick said Bronny James didn’t play because of a sprained ankle.

The Lakers end their preseason against the Sacramento Kings on Friday night time at Crypto.com Arena, and from the sounds of issues, Doncic and those who didn’t play against the Mavericks will play against the Suns.

“And then Friday, yes, the plan is to do another dress rehearsal and likely play most of our guys,” Redick said before the sport. “I don’t know the minutes total, but that’s the plan.”

The Lakers open the common season Tuesday against the Golden State Warriors at home.