Next man up: Juancho Hernangomez.
Juancho has been playing some relevant playing time since sitting out the first part of the season with an illness.
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He picked up where he left off with 23 minutes in the game as a starter, finishing with five points and three rebounds.
I know that the plus-minus rating can be deceiving sometimes, but it’s also hard to ignore it sometimes.
I get it, Juancho didn’t have a very attractive stat-line.
He did have a +11 rating though, which means a lot of the aspects he brought don’t show up in the stat sheet.
Final Grade: B