“Alex Caruso had ZERO POINTS and was still among the most impactful Bulls”: Kendrick Perkins terms former Laker a star in his role following imperious Staples Center showing

Tonoy Sengupta | 16/11/2021
"Alex Caruso had ZERO POINTS and was still among the most impactful Bulls": Kendrick Perkins terms former Laker a star in his role following imperious Staples Center showing

Alex Caruso puts up an incredible performance for the Chicago Bulls, despite going scoreless against the LA Lakers

 

What can’t Alex Caruso do?

If you didn’t know already, the only reason the former Lakers man left LA, is because the Purple and Gold massively low-balled him, despite all he had done for them. Given that fact, you’d probably expect for the man to try and score everything against his former franchise, with the agenda of showing them what they were missing out on. And if we’re being honest, we were expecting the same thing.

When he first came out to play against the Lakers, he looked aggressive… just not for his own offense. And when the final buzzer for the game rang, we had witnessed perhaps the greatest non-scoring performance by any player in recent history.

Let’s get into it, shall we?

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Alex Caruso scores nothing, and yet stands as the most impactful Bulls player against the Lakers

Let’s just talk about this man’s stat line from the game, shall we?

The Carushow had 0 points during this game, obviously on 0% from the field.

When you first see that, you’d be inclined to say ‘Wow! That right there is a terrible night!’… right?

Well, you see, there is more to the story here. The man also recorded 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals, and just 1 turnover. All this resulted in him having the second-highest box +/- in the game with +28. And again, he went scoreless.

Witnessing the greatness before his eyes, here is what ESPN analyst, Kendrick Perkins had to say on the whole thing.

We couldn’t agree with you more if we wanted to, Big Perk!

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Post Edited By: Tonoy Sengupta
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Tonoy Sengupta

Tonoy Sengupta

Tonoy Sengupta is a Senior Editor at The SportsRush. Coming from an athletically inclined family, he has been surrounded by sports ever since he was 4 years old. But, while initially pouring all his time into Football (soccer), at 14, Tonoy discovered basketball through the countless highlights of Stephen Curry humiliating players from Curry Land. And just like that, a fiery passion for the game was ignited within Tonoy. And soon after, he decided to become a student of journalism, graduating in 2022, and choosing sports as his area of interest. Today, you can find him spending 99% of his time browsing through every type of content on every team in the NBA, before uncorking everything he has found to the world. In the 1% he isn't doing this, you can find him playing Basketball, Football, Volleyball, or practically any other sport he has had the opportunity to learn.

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