Caruso had a viral moment during Tuesday night’s game against the Magic<\/a>, as he attempted to use his fallen-off shoe to swat away a layup by Orlando’s Tristan da Silva<\/a>. Caruso was called for goaltending and a technical foul for an illegal defensive move.<\/p>\n “As soon as I had my shoe in my hand, it crept in my mind to use it,” Caruso told The Oklahoman<\/a> after the game. “Not like in a malicious way, but like, ‘Let me try to make a play to stop the ball.’ It’s just one of those weird NBA plays that probably won’t happen for like another 10 years.”<\/p>\n Editor’s Picks The three points after Caruso’s inventive attempt were part of a 23-6 run by the Magic to end the second quarter, helping them close to a 51-50 deficit at halftime. But the Thunder (54-15) went on win 113-108<\/a> to become the first NBA team to clinch a playoff berth this season.<\/p>\n Caruso, who finished with two points and eight rebounds and was a team-best plus-19 in 24 minutes, said he won’t try anything like that again.<\/p>\n “I’ve never been in that situation before,” Caruso told The Oklahoman. “And I don’t know, it came to me. I just thought I was gonna block it, and I honestly don’t know what I thought the call would be. I didn’t know it was going to be a goaltending and a tech. If I would’ve known that, I probably wouldn’t have done it because it’s three points.”<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/nba_last-month-season_1x1.jpg&w=130&h=130&scale=crop&location=center.jpeg\"){kind=spacer}
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