Donovan Clingan didn’t score a point in the Portland Trail Blazers’ feisty 104-98 win over the Houston Rockets yesterday, but he still made obscure, dive-bar-trivia-level NBA history.
By grabbing 19 rebounds and getting three blocks without scoring, Clingan did what has only been done a few dozen times in the history of the league, according to Sean Highkin of the Rose Garden Report and Rip City Radio:
Not counting Clingan tonight, there have been 33 games in NBA history with 16+ rebounds and 0 points. Dennis Rodman has 12 of them including the top four.
Clingan’s defense was instrumental in setting the tone against a Rockets team that had just blown out the Blazers the night before. He’s also the first player to get 19 rebounds without scoring since Omer Asik did it in 2012.
Clingan is only the second player this season to have a game with three blocks and 19 rebounds, the other being Victor Wembanyama in October.
Clingan has season averages of 5.8 points, 6.7 rebounds, and 2.2 blocks in just 17 minutes per game, with Per-36 averages of 12.3 points, 14.2 boards, and a whopping 4.6 blocks.
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