Galing ng Pinoy: Fil-Am rookie Jordan Clarkson scores game-winner for Lakers in summer league

Filipino-American guard Jordan Clarkson has slowly been turning heads while playing for the Los Angeles Lakers' summer league team, and he had the biggest moment of his young professional career on Monday night.

 

The second round pick scored 19 points, including the game-winning tip-in, to give his squad to an 89-88 victory in overtime over Golden State in the Las Vegas summer league matchup.

 

It was Clarkson's third straight game in double-figures for the Lakers. He scored 16 points against New Orleans and 21 against Toronto.

 

"I think Clarkson has great explosiveness going to the basket, he has a tremendous pull-up jumper, but the thing about Jordan Clarkson is that he’s always in the right place at the right time," Lakers’ summer-league co-coach Mark Madsen told the Los Angeles Times. "It was a soft-touch tip-in and that got us the win."

 

Born to a Filipino mother, Clarkson has made it a point to talk up his Philippine ties during interviews. In a video posted by NBA Philippines on its, Clarkson gave a shoutout to Filipino fans following his exploits.

 

"I just wanna thank my Filipino fans, and I just wanna thank everybody, thanks for the support." — JST, GMA News