There are few scarier sights in the NBA than Washington Wizards veteran guard and former Most Valuable Player Russell Westbrook bearing down on you for a drive.
Unless, of course, you happen to be 7-foot-5, as Boston Celtics two way center Tacko Fall happens to be. And when the ex-MVP tried taking it to the rack against the University of Central Florida product, well — let’s just say it did not go very well for Mr. Westbrook. The Senegalese center sent the shot ahead into a fast break opportunity that star wing Jaylen Brown was able to convert on the other end.
Russ tried it on Tacko Fall 😬 pic.twitter.com/ccbTVOL74w
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 9, 2021
Fall would end up going +6 in plus/minus in his first minute of game time alone, looking like a much-improved player who belongs in the NBA.
Watch the gregarious big man go to work against the Wizards’ Westbrook for yourself — it’s one of the best blocks of the 2020-21 season so far.
[lawrence-related id=45313,45309,45307,45302]
[listicle id=45291]