While the majority of Trail Blazers players live closer to the team’s practice facility in Tualatin, starting center Mason Plumlee resides in a condo in downtown Portland. So even though his commute to practices and shootaround is typically longer than that of his suburb-dwelling teammates, Plumlee has the benefit of being able to get to and from games at the Moda Center in short order, not to mention all of the other luxuries afforded to those living within the city proper.

But close proximity doesn’t always ensure a quick trip, as Plumlee found out on his way to Wednesday night’s game versus the Lakers at the Moda Center, a game Portland would go on to win 105-98. As has become a somewhat common occurrence since the election of Donald Trump, a group of activists had taken to the streets of downtown Portland to disrupt traffic. This action coincided roughly with Plumlee’s commute the the Moda Center, which would typically amount to little more than an annoyance, though in this case, there was potential for something a bit more serious than being put a few minutes behind schedule.

“I pulled outside of my building and the protest was going right across from me,” said Plumlee. “This kid walked up in front of my car and he had a spray paint can, he pulled his hood up, put the mask over his face. I don’t know if he knew who was inside of the car, but I’m rather large, so if he was ready to spray I was ready to stop it.”

Luckily for everyone involved, the masked man, for whatever reason, decided against tagging Plumlee’s vehicle, which likely saved both a lot of trouble.

“I don’t know why he stopped because he looked so ready to spray paint my car,” said Plumlee. “I don’t know what stopped him, but I’m glad he did. I’m sure he would have had a lot of people backing him up if I got out of the car but he was going down if he did it.”

Plumlee wasn’t sure exactly what the protest was in response to (media reports indicate the protest Wednesday afternoon was in response to the way the police treated protesters during their previous protest last Friday) nor why he was almost singled out for vandalism, though he’s got at least one theory.

Said Plumlee: “It’s a Range Rover, so maybe he didn’t like that it wasn’t fuel efficient.”