Basketball
Frenchman Rudy Gobert, a Minnesota player, assaulted his teammate Kyle Anderson in the last game of the regular season. The Timberwolves qualified for the Play In and will play against the Lakers for the postseason pass.
A Sunday of many emotions was lived in the NBA. It was the last day of the regular season and especially in the West, there was still a lot at stake, especially with the option of going straight to the Playoffs and avoid the Play Inthe previous playoffs for the postseason.
Finally, with the results that were given, those who achieved the last direct tickets were Los Angeles Clippers y Golden State Warriorswhile The Minnesota Timberwolves will face Los Angeles Lakers for the seventh place. The loser of that match will face whoever wins the duel between Oklahoma City Thunder y New Orleans Pelicans for eighth place.
However, despite having chances to fight for a place in the great party of American basketball, in The Minnesota Timberwolves They seem to have their minds elsewhere. At least that impression they gave in the duel that pitted them against New Orleans Pelicans, where they had an unexpected moment.
And it is that precisely what no team, in any sport, wants happened: a fight between teammates in front of the entire public. That happened in the middle of the game played this Sunday, where Rudy Gobert y Kyle Andersontwo heavyweights in the Timberwolves locker room, pushed each other after a word exchange.
In the end, although things didn’t get any worse, due to the timely action of his teammates, the image given by both players, especially Rudy Gobert, was widely criticized in USAespecially due to the time of the season in which the interplay occurred.
In accordance with Adrian Wojnarowskijournalist specializing in NBA, the fight originated from Anderson saying to Gobert “Hey, why don’t you block some shots?” and Rudy responded with a “why don’t you take a rebound?
In fact, in Minnesota they are so upset with the player that he was suspended for the decisive game against Los Angeles Lakerswho without the Frenchman will have a good chance of qualifying for the postseason and face Memphis Grizzlies.
