This season, Ricky Rubio has proven to be a crucial member of Minnesota's offense with no legitimate backup point guards and now without the services of Zach LaVine (knee). However, while Rubio has been putting up big - time assist numbers as of late, he remains a liability scoring - wise. Tuesday's performance was yet another example for the Spaniard, as he posted a game - high 16 assists, which was his highest total since he dished out 17 on Jan. 11 against the Rockets. And while Rubio did an adequate job of getting his teammates involved, he struggled to get himself involved, scoring just five points on 2 - of - 8 shooting from the field. This was n't an aberration for the point guard either, as it was the seventh time this season that Rubio was able to record double - digit assists but not reach double - digit points.
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