Two contrasting things that seem like they couldn’t happen on the same night, but most surely did:
- Wenyen Gabriel of the Portland Trail Blazers didn’t exactly stuff the stat sheet on Tuesday, putting up only four points and three rebounds in 16 minutes while also accruing five fouls in that time.
- Wenyen Gabriel of the Portland Trail Blazers was instrumental to Portland’s Game 1 victory over the Lakers on Tuesday, finishing with the third-best +/- on the team at +12 and making hustle play after hustle play all while guarding Anthony Davis, one of the seven best players in the league.