Rudy Gobert, Utah Jazz: “You’ve got a lot of guys that are really, really good scorers. As far as the game plan goes, you can adjust. You can bring help, you can do a lot of things to limit them. But Nikola is such a good passer that he’s always thinking ahead of time. You really gotta be unpredictable if you want to limit him.” Karl-Anthony Towns, Minnesota Timberwolves: “Just because of how much he makes his teammates better. It’s the same thing I’ve had with Marc Gasol coming up in my career when Marc was in Memphis. It’s not always about the person scoring the most points. It’s the fact that you put your hands down for one second because you know he’s not in a scoring position, he’s not a scoring threat. Next thing you know, he zips a pass. It hurts the same way.”
Trail Blazers’ Scoot Henderson out Friday against Memphis with ankle injury