Scoot Henderson has had an up-and-down rookie season. Friday night time was a historic low.
Henderson had the worst single-game plus/minus in NBA historical past because the Portland Path Blazers’ loss to the Miami Warmth, 142-82. His mark of -58 means the Blazers had been outscored by 58 factors through the time the rookie was on the courtroom.
The earlier document was held by Manny Harris, who logged a -57 with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2011, in a recreation the place the Lakers beat them 112-57. At the very least they stored Los Angeles from doubling their rating!
Henderson simply beat out Miles Bridges, who had a -56 plus/minus in December when the 76ers beat his Charlotte Hornets, 135-82. Henderson beat out his personal earlier worst plus/minus ranking, as he additionally had a -56 in 139-77 loss to the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder.
It’s a tricky document to attain, as a result of you need to be adequate to play a ton of minutes, however your group needs to be unhealthy sufficient to lose by a ton of factors.
Whereas his stats weren’t horrible — he had 20 factors, six rebounds and 6 assists — he had seven turnovers, serving to Miami to a whopping 17 steals.
Friday’s recreation was the biggest margin of victory in franchise historical past for the Warmth. Maybe they ran up the rating on Portland after a summer time when the Blazers refused to honor Damian Lillard’s request to be traded to Miami, sending him to Milwaukee as a substitute.
Sarcastically, Lillard’s commerce request was spurred by Portland utilizing the No. 3 choose on Henderson somewhat than buying and selling for veteran assist. Now he’s the centerpiece of the rebuild for the Blazers, who’re relying on him to an enormous plus sooner or later. Friday, he was a historic minus.
