Hassan Whiteside was guarding Gorgui Dieng as the Minnesota big man drove to the hoop. From Dieng's perspective, with Whiteside on him it seemed like as good a time as any to toss an alley-oop to Nemanja Bjelica. But there was one problem: Whiteside can defend all.
Hassan Whiteside swoops in from nowhere to swat alley-oop into space
Whiteside defends the passer AND the ooper.
He moved with the ball and stuffed Bjelica's shot. Whiteside even threw a nice little celebration in there after the play that looked a lot like a hybrid of LeBron James' and Dikembe Mutumbo's signature moves.
