The NBA’s main summer league continued on Tuesday for the Los Angeles Lakers, who had two full days off following their last game on Saturday. They faced the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday, and again, they looked excellent overall.
They got out to a 24-16 lead at the end of the first quarter, and they never looked back. They shot 47.9% from the field and 38.2% from 3-point range while holding the Clippers to 42.6% overall shooting and 23.8% from 3-point land, allowing them to claim a 99-85 victory.
Four members of the Lakers’ summer league team have looked like legitimate NBA prospects, and those same four men stood out on Tuesday.
Chris Mañon
Mañon recently had a couple of strong offensive outings, and he delivered that type of play again versus the Clippers.
He scored 10 points in the first quarter to get the Lakers off to a good start, and he finished with 17 points on 5-of-14 shooting and 2-of-4 from downtown while also adding two assists.
The guard also did an excellent job of going after loose balls, and he grabbed 11 rebounds. He continues to hustle on the defensive end, and that effort allowed him to come up with two steals.
Arthur Kaluma
Kaluma, an incoming second-year undrafted forward who was with the Lakers’ G League affiliate last season, exploded offensively in the team’s first two summer league games in Las Vegas. He scored 34 points on Saturday versus the Dallas Mavericks, and one day prior to that, he logged 18 points while going perfect from the field and the free throw line.
On Tuesday, Kaluma scored 11 points in the first half and ended up with 15 points in 23 minutes. Once again, he was hot from the perimeter, and he went 4-of-7 overall and 3-of-6 from beyond the arc while also chipping in four assists.
Adou Thiero
Thiero, the second round pick in last year’s NBA draft, still has an offensive game that is rough around the edges. But in his last two games or so, he has shown some signs of refining his tendency to attack the hoop off the dribble.
He made five of his six shots on Tuesday, which allowed him to score 13 points. A couple of times, when his path to the basket was blocked, he passed the basketball out instead of forcing things, and he also had a nice crossover move that resulted in a dunk for him.
The 6-foot-7 forward also got six rebounds and added three assists, one steal and one block.
Cameron Carr
Carr missed his first 3-pointer badly, and overall, he struggled with his shooting in the first half, going 4-of-12 from the field and 1-of-7 from 3-point range. But he started to heat up late in the third quarter with eight quick points.
In the end, he led all scorers with 23 points and made eight of his 18 shot attempts. He was just 3-of-10 from 3-point territory, and after going 1-of-5 from that distance in his last game, one has to wonder if he might be a streaky outside shooter at the next level.
But Carr did a good job of mixing it up with his shot distribution from all three levels. He also chipped in two assists and one rebound, as well as one blocked shot.
The Lakers are now 3-0 in the main summer league. Their next game will take place on Thursday against Caleb Wilson and the Chicago Bulls.
This article originally appeared on LeBron Wire: Four standouts from Lakers’ summer league game on Tuesday
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