The guard went a dismal 1-for-11 from the field, including an 0-for-6 from three-point range, but had 11 rebounds and 11 assists, while finishing with a plus-15 in the plus-minus category.
“You still know he’s doing other things out there to impact the team,’’ coach Billy Donovan said of Caruso’s performance.
What hasn’t impacted the team so far this season, however, has been his offense.
Caruso came into training camp letting the media know that he wanted to be more of a threat on that side of the ball, especially with all the attention being thrown at his teammates like DeMar DeRozan and Zach LaVine.