Trail Blazers guard Shabazz Napier didn’t know he would be starting in place of Damian Lillard (right calf strain) in Sunday night’s 111-110 victory versus the San Antonio Spurs at the Moda Center until a little over a half hour before tipoff. But having relatively little forewarning didn’t stop the 6-1 guard out of UConn from having an early impact on Sunday’s win, as he handed our four assists in the first quarter.
And a number of those assists were of highlight quality, including a behind-the-back pass to Zach Collins that was named the NBA’s Assist of the Night.