The Portland Trail Blazers were plagued by injuries galore in their matchup against the Minnesota Timberwolves, opening up opportunities for other players to step in.
Among those players was rookie forward Rayan Rupert, who made just the 19th appearance of his career in Monday’s loss against the Wolves.
Rupert scored a career-high 13 points on 5 of 7 shooting from the field with three 3-pointers, all while logging 23 minutes (also a career-high) off the bench.
“So happy and proud of Rupes,” Billups said postgame. “Rupes getting the opportunity to get out there, made some big threes .