Did Caruso hit the Lakers hard?

The Thunder defeated the Nuggets and were hailed by Alexander as the MVP, but I wonder if you have any performance as a substitute Caruso? In the 26th minute of the game, he made 5 of 7 shots, 1 of 3 three-pointers, scored 11 points, 3 assists and 3 steals, with a terrifying plus-40 value, the team ranked first. A substitute played for only 26 minutes, but during the time he was on the court, he beat the Nuggets 40 points, which can only be described as horror.

When talking about Carroso, we will think of the Lakers. In order to control the luxury tax, the Lakers management chose one of Carruso and Holden Tucker. In the end, they renewed the contract with Tucker for 32 million yuan in three years and gave up Carruso. In the end, Caruso reached a four-year contract of 37 million with the Bulls. He still played well with the Bulls, contributed his strength on the defensive end, and made three-pointers to a shooting percentage of 40+%. This year, the Thunder was replaced by Gidey alone, and then in the middle of the season, the Thunder reached a four-year, 81 million early contract renewal contract with him. Both parties were very decisive and did not raise any ties, and directly reached a contract renewal.

Once in the Bulls, the reporter asked how big the Lakers gave you a contract? Caruso shook his head and said, "It's all over. I'm living a good life now." The reporter didn't give up and said, "Is there 8 million?" Caruso continued to smile and shook his head slightly. Finally, a reporter revealed that the Lakers offered Caruso a contract of 14 million for two years, which was much different from what he thought of 30 million for three years, so he had to try the waters in the free market.

Now it seems that the Lakers management was a joke at that time. In this playoffs, Caruso averaged 10.4 points, 1.6 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.6 steals, with a shooting percentage of 45.6%, a three-point shooting percentage of 42.9%, and a real shooting percentage of 59.9%. He was a typical regular season "pretending to die" and was resurrected in the playoffs because after he came to the Thunder, he made very inaccurate three-point shooting, and almost no three-point shooting in the last few games. But in the playoffs, he shot three-pointers very decisively, had the opportunity to take action, and his shooting percentage reached 42.9%.

Of course, Caruso's greater role is still on the defensive end. Everyone knows that he has good defense, but I really didn't expect that he could still defend Jokic. He is 1.96 meters tall and weighs 84 kilograms, so he can withstand Jokic. In the series between

, he mainly defends two players, one is Westbrook and the other is Jokic. Among them, Westbrook has 83 rounds to defend, Westbrook has 4 of 11 shots, Jokic has 65 rounds to defend, and Jokic has 4 of 12 shots.

Look at Caruso's advanced defense data: with him, the Thunder can win 18.5 points in a hundred rounds, but without him, the Thunder can only win 2.6 points in a hundred rounds.

After winning today, Alexander praised Caruso: "He is really special. He is definitely a player born for the big scene. He always leads by example, and then masters everything he can master and do his best. "

He is absolutely unique. Whether on the court or on the bench, he acts like a leader, and he will inspire everyone, ours The players are all very young, and we need such an experienced old player. We are very lucky to have him. "

The Nuggets have always been the Lakers' miserable. In the past two years, they only won one game in the playoffs. It can be said that Murray, half of Porter's contract was obtained by playing against the Lakers. Do you think the Lakers had Caruso, which could not only defend the outside but also beat Jokic, could the Nuggets win so easily?

Now, Caruso has the opportunity to strive for the championship again, and such a player gave up just for the "anti-blue king"!