The Los Angeles Lakers lost their penultimate game of the season Tuesday night, but no one is going to remember that trivial result. What most will remember is 32-year-old rookie Andre Ingram exploding for 19 points in his NBA debut.
As such, Ingram made history as the highest-scoring first career game for a Lakers player since Nick Van Exel had 23 points in 1993. Fittingly for the G League’s all-time leader in made 3-pointers, Ingram also set a new record for shooting from distance as well.
His four made threes were the most by a Lakers rookie in their debut ever.