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After failing to get anything to fall in his first NBA exhibition game, Brandon Ingram got on the board.
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With another game under his belt, Brandon Ingram is slowly getting a taste of life in the NBA. Ingram still couldn’t get much to fall in his second game, but he did get his first NBA field goal. It came courtesy of a Marcelo Huertas alley-oop pass, which was planned according to Larry Nance Jr.
“That was a set play,” Nance said. “We needed to get B.I. his first Laker bucket.”
Ingram also looked more comfortable shooting the ball. While he only finished with 6 points, he was more aggressive on the offensive end than he was on Tuesday against the Kings.
Points 4, 5, and 6 came from a 3-point bank that sent the Lakers bench into a frenzy. No one, however, was more excited for the rook than Jordan Clarkson.
No one called it sooner or enjoyed @B_Ingram13's 3 more than @JClark5on pic.twitter.com/bmpUGZ1fJV
— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) October 8, 2016
He admitted he didn’t actually call bank, despite teammate D’Angelo Russell swearing by it, but the fact that he’s shooting the ball is promising.
Once those shots start falling, Ingram is going to starting looking less and less like a rookie.