LeBron James Loved The Lakers Beating The Clippers On Alex Caruso’s Career Night

The Los Angeles Lakers don’t have much to play for at this point, but playing spoiler to the team they share a venue with. As LeBron James and the rest of the injured Lakers looked on, Alex Caruso capped a career-high performance with a win over the playoff-bound Los Angeles Clippers.

Caruso is a 25-year-old point guard out of Texas A+M who is currently playing in LA on a two-way contract with the South Bay Lakers of the G League. To see him break out for 32 points and 10 rebounds in a 122-117 win over the Clippers at Staples Center on Friday night. Perhaps the most insane thing about Caruso is that right now he’s shooting more than 53 percent from three (24-of-45) this year.

And yes, there were plenty of air guitar moments.

Caruso was excellent for LA on Friday, the undrafted guard has bounced between the G League and the Association for a few years now, but he’s making a strong case to get a full-time deal next year.

To be fair to the Clippers, they were far from 100 percent, either. Patrick Beverley and JaMychal Green were out on Friday night, but Caruso is having a bit of a moment right now. His career highs in points and rebounds came a day after he did this against Golden State, which made LeBron lose his damn mind temporarily.

James shouted out his teammate on Friday night, and he responded that he “learned from the best.”

It’s a brief moment of joy for Lakers fans, who haven’t had much joy over the last five years or so. LeBron knows that Lakers fans are frustrated, but at least Caruso is having some fun in LA.