The Lakers defeating the red-hot Knicks, 110-97, on Sunday at Crypto.com Arena is impressive by itself.  Entering Sunday with a 4-12 record against teams with winning percentages of .600 or better, the Lakers, for at least one day, calmed the concerns about how they have fared against some of the NBA’s better teams .  And against a Knicks team that had won 16 of its previous 21 games — including beating the Nuggets by 39 points — and had the league’s fourth-best offense during that stretch,