With the Los Angeles Lakers lacking depth as the close of the regular season nears, the likes of Alex Caruso, Johnathan Williams and Moritz Wagner have received more playing time of late. To their credit, the trio has rewarded head coach Luke Walton for his faith.
They helped lead an inspired comeback effort in an eventual loss to the Denver Nuggets, and contributed three days later against the Boston Celtics, though again in a losing effort. On Thursday, Caruso was one of the few Lakers who played well.
Caruso scored a team-high 14 points on 5-for-5 shooting in the first half en route to finishing with a career-high 16 points in the Lakers’ 111-98 loss to the Raptors.