The Portland Trail Blazers made history by starting five rookies in a game against the Denver Nuggets, a rare occurrence in the NBA. This lineup of rookies is only the second time in NBA history, with the last known instance involving an NBA team starting five rookies including Klay Thompson.
no other team has had 4 rookies score double figures in a game this season. blazers have done it 4 times https://t.co/qUsxxFfeUQ
š„ @tomhaberstroh HABERSTAT #RipCity - 4 rookies w/10+ pts each in back-to-back games: Blazers 4 - All Other 29 Teams 0 https://t.co/ixloEZCsny
Will the Trail Blazers get one of their veterans back and in the starting lineup tonight against the Houston Rockets or will Portland make NBA history? #RipCity https://t.co/8zyF68sTht
The only other known time before last night that an NBA team has started five rookies is an incredible Remembering Some Guys lineup (and also Klay Thompson) https://t.co/3RzebkYeTw
Trail Blazers start 5 rookies vs Nuggets. That's only happened 1 other time in the last 50 years https://t.co/mdbg3WJDqh
The Blazers starting lineup made up entirely of rookies is only the 2nd time this has happened in #NBA history! š š„ Check out this video featuring the @NBATopShot Rookie Debut Moments from Scoot Henderson, Toumani Camara, Kris Murray, Duop Reath, & Rayan Rupert! #RipCity https://t.co/VvdyLazy87