The official scorer credited Gorgui Dieng with his fifth double-double in as many games for his 11 points and 14 rebounds.
What’s more noteworthy, however, was the number of blocks the scorer missed in Louisville’s 60-51 win at Seton Hall. Astonishing, the final stats give Dieng credit for only five blocked shots.
Should have been a triple double. We’re pretty sure he had at least three blocks on each of a couple of sequences beneath the Seton Hall basket.
A block here, a block there, a block everywhere all night long.
No plausible explanation for anything under a dozen blocks.
While replays are readily available, we’re not about to watch that game again for verification. An ugly one no matter who one was pulling for.
If the number of times the big guy intimidated shooters or altered shots were tracked, Dieng would surely have had a quadruple-double.
While his teammates were shooting air balls, slipping and sliding, throwing passes away, and gasping for air, Dieng was the barrier Seton Hall could not overcome.
Dieng doing everything he could to protect his teammates from themselves. He never seems to get emotional, approaches his job in a matter of fact way, focusing on the business at hand.
Whether that business shows up in the official box score or not.
Dieng with a great game and, once again, Siva can’t break in to double digits in scoring with 32 minutes of playing time. He did manage to turn the ball over 7 times. When was the last time he scored 10 or more points in a game?? It’s a been a lonnnnnnnnng time.
Imagine, if this kid had grown up in America and what his basketball skills would be right now. He is learning fast.
Rick Pitino disagrees.