Short on healthy bodies and with just two games remaining in their season, the Los Angeles Lakers signed Andre Ingram from their South Bay affiliate of the G League. Having spent a decade in the developmental league, Ingram’s story made national headlines.
It was a positive boost on what had been a rocky close to the season for the Lakers. Ingram then added to his legend by scoring 19 points in his debut, which was good for highest-scoring first career game by a Lakers player since Nick Van Exel had 23 points in 1993.
Ingram additionally set a record by draining four 3-pointers, marking the most by a Lakers rookie in his debut.