The Portland Trail Blazers’ bench is completely different when Matisse Thybulle plays.

What we saw from him yesterday in the Blazers’ 20-point win over a tired, but still formidable Golden State Warriors team was a masterclass in defensive disruption, and his near-team-high +22 in just 15 minutes didn’t feel aberrational or misleading.

On the latest We Like the Blazers podcast, Conor Bergin and I chatted about the news of the day (yes, that), but we also set aside some time to give Thybulle his flowers, both for who he is as a player and as a person (Thybulle convo starts at 42:38), including Thybulle’s response to being asked about whether the team was distracted by the news that head coach Chauncey Billups was arrested and suspended from coaching:

Conor: Matisse Thybulle, who is becom

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