Arthur Kaluma has his best game of the season
South Bay Lakers forward Arthur Kaluma (47), drives to the basket during an NBA G-League basketball game against the Stockton Kings, Tuesday March 24th, 2026 in El Segundo California EL SEGUNDO — Despite the 115-114 loss to the Stockton Kings, Arthur Kaluma recorded a season high, 31 points. Since Kaluma arrived for the Lakers, he has been the sixth man and an important bench scorer. However, in this game against the Kings, Kaluma was the most important player for the Lakers.
Kaluma delivered as the leading scorer for South Bay and was even more valuable than the final box score. Scoring Efficiency While the scoring prowess from Kaluma was evident, the efficiency makes the performance even more impressive. Kaluma made 11 of 13 shots from the field and 9 of 11 shots within the three-point line.
“I just come in every day and put my hard hat on, I see where the game takes me,” said Arthur Kaluma. “Sometimes I gotta play defense and sometimes I gotta score. Today was scoring.
” South Bay uses Kaluma at both ends of the floor, but his offense seems to be amongst the most valuable on the team. The role for Kaluma as a scorer is not to get as many shots as possible but to get the best looks possible. Malik Williams and RJ Davis run the offense and control the usage rate in the offense.
This allows Kaluma to flow within the South Bay offense and take high percentage shots when called upon. Off-Ball Movement As efficient of a scorer as Kaluma is, he brings so much more to the Lakers’ offense. Kaluma is an even bigger threat on offense when he doesn’t have the ball.