VIDEO: Heat's Hassan Whiteside records 10-block triple-double
Hassan Whiteside had a triple-double against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday night with 22 points, 14 rebounds and 10 blocks.
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Miami Heat center Hassan Whiteside threw a block party on Tuesday night and the Minnesota Timberwolves were invited.
Using his length to contest and block shots, Whiteside recorded a triple-double against the Timberwolves with 22 points, 14 rebounds and 10 blocks. This was the second triple-double of Whiteside's career and the Heat center is the only active player with more than one career triple-double that includes blocks.
Whiteside is now averaging a ridiculous 4.6 blocks a game. To put this in perspective, one of the all-time great defenders, Dikembe Mutombo, averaged 4.49 blocks a game during the 1995-1996 season while playing for the Denver Nuggets. The season is still very young but if Whiteside is able to maintain this high of an average all year, he will have had one of the top-five-highest blocks per game average in the history of the NBA.
Even Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra was impressed by the blocks Whiteside got against the Timberwolves.
From the Miami Herald's Manny Navarro:
“Multiple efforts all over the place, all over the court,” Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra said about Whiteside on Tuesday night. The blocks he had were top-of-the-box — very few guys can make many of those plays. His extra efforts, extra jumps. I thought his screening in this game was probably one of his better screening games offensively. That was a tremendous effort on his part.”
Despite's Whiteside's defensive presence, the Timberwolves scored 41 points in the fourth quarter to defeat the Heat 103-91.
