.@Dame_Lillard on tonight's matchup between @youngwhiteside & Rudy Gobert: "I think Whiteside is the best defensive center, shot-blocking center, in the league." #RipCity #Blazers @RipCityRadio620
— Jay Allen (@PDXjay) December 26, 2019“He should have told his coach to put him in in the end, then,” Rudy Gobert said postgame.
Blazers starting center Hassan Whiteside ended up as a -28 in tonight’s game in just 21 minutes on the floor. He wasn’t alone at fault for this, of course: Whiteside had to defend pick and rolls along side Damian Lillard and C.