With LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Dwight Howard and Kyle Kuzma all being given the day off for precautionary reasons — and veterans Danny Green and JaVale McGee only playing the first half — there isn’t a ton one can take away from the Lakers’ final scrimmage in the bubble. Other than a couple of breakout games from J.R. Smith and Alex Caruso, that is.
Both Caruso and Smith didn’t get off to the best starts in the NBA bubble. Caruso sat out the first game with a minor back injury and fouled out in his second appearance, while Smith looked very much like a player that hadn’t played meaningful basketball in two years.