LOS ANGELES — There have been few highlights on the Knicks current two-week, six-game road trip, but the most precious one came with French subtitles.

Lost in the Jazz’s dominant win Saturday was Knicks point guard Frank Ntilikina driving to the basket in the first half and dunking on a pursuing Rudy Gobert, who also is from France. Gobert, who otherwise was spectacular, had something to say to Ntilikina in their native tongue.

“It was pretty funny because I ate at his house the day before,’’ Ntilikina said after Thursday’s practice at UCLA. “So he says, ‘I feed you and that’s how you treat me?’ That was funny.”

The night was not funny, however, as the Knicks fell behind by 40 points late in that first half and lost 129-97. The dunk on Gobert was Ntilikina’s only basket of his 1-for-7 night.

“It was a good play [but] at the end we didn’t win,’’ Ntilikina said. “We learned from it and came back stronger the next game. We didn’t win, but we go back and try to get a win now.’’

They didn’t win Tuesday in Denver, but Ntilikina and the Knicks looked like a different team. Ntilikina had a smooth game (10 points on 4-for-6 shooting, with five assists and zero turnovers in 18 minutes) and Knicks mostly led for three quarters before falling 115-108.

Now it’s on to the Lakers, who will be without LeBron James (groin injury). James was Ntilkina’s favorite player when he was a child in Strasbourg, France. That’s what made his dustup with James last season so dramatic. James blocked his path after a whistle blew and Ntilikina shoved him. As The Post reported, Ntilikina’s Strasbourg teammate, Romeo Travis, a James confidant from Akron, Ohio, played peacemaker from afar.

Ntilikina said he wished James were healthy Friday.

“Not because of what happened last year, but just because he’s one of the best players in the world right now and when watching him [as a kid] he was my favorite player,” Ntilikina said. “When you have a chance to compete against them and he’s not playing, it’s kind of sad. You want to play against every top player in this league.’’

As for Gobert, Ntilikina hopes to host his fellow Frenchman when the Jazz visit the Garden in March.

“The chef cooked a great meal, healthy, like salads,’’ Ntilikina said of his time with Gobert in Utah. “We had a good time. Yeah definitely a lot [of advice]. We talked about everything, trying to give each other advices.’’

With the Knicks at 9-29 and on a 1-13 slide, coach David Fizdale said he realizes there have been too many rotation changes and added he is hoping to solidify and simplify the playbook. That could mean the players recently out of the rotation — Trey Burke, Courtney Lee and Mario Hezonja, for instance — may have a tough time getting back into it.

“I think just because we kept experimenting with different guys, groups that have different skills. Luke [Kornet] being the latest mix into that,’’ Fizdale said. “I think just figuring out what these kids can handle and what was a little bit too much. This first half of the season was figuring that out. I think now I’m starting to see, OK, this is the kind of thing that they can really hang their hat on and here are the things we probably should stay away from. Moving into the second half of the season we’re going to try to trim it and simplify it that way for them, so that we can maybe find some consistency in the second half.”