Portland Trail Blazers rookie Shaedon Sharpe will get his first NBA start tonight against the Houston Rockets, as he replaces the injured Damian Lillard.
Chauncey Billups tells @brookeolzendam and I Shaedon Sharpe will start tonight with Damian Lillard out #ripcity
— Travis Demers (@travisdemers) October 29, 2022
Sharpe is expected to lineup alongside Anfernee Simons, Josh Hart, Jerami Grant and Jusuf Nurkic after impressing through his first five games.
The Blazers had options to replace Lillard, who went down with a calf strain against the Miami Heat on Wednesday night, with Justise Winslow, Nassir Little and Keon Johnson capable of filling the void.