Rudy Gobert on Charles Barkley: 'I don't watch these guys'
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“Once Rudy Gobert hit a Rudy Gay fadeaway I Knew it was over” 😂 youtu.be/9Wt4gc1xizA?si… pic.twitter.com/euFgOrU83g – 2:00 AM
This possession right here was the one — the one that best represents the Wolves defense this series.
1) KAT holding the line against Jokic’s back-down bully ball
2) Gobert floating as a free safety, helping on Jokic and influencing AG’s layup
3) Jaden hands in the passing lanes pic.twitter.com/fw2UUWWu2G – 1:33 AM
Rudy Gobert pulled off a crazy fadeaway in Nikola Jokic’s eyes 😳
pic.twitter.com/UmWE7QUh19 – 1:22 AM
“These guys made us better,” Wolves center Rudy Gobert said about the Nuggets. – 11:58 PM
The last time Mike Conley and Rudy Gobert saw Luka Doncic and Jason Kidd in the playoffs… pic.twitter.com/sIPiyNZAdZ – 11:08 PM
Timberwolves’ Rudy Gobert on TNT’s Charles Barkley suggesting he should be benched in Game 7 win over Nuggets: “I don’t watch these guys. … I’m glad coach didn’t listen to his advice.” pic.twitter.com/RLjW0RYn9y – 11:06 PM
Gobert, Minnesota, and Indiana in the conference finals
End of the season for #MVP Nikola Jokic
eurohoops.net/en/nba-news/16… – 11:05 PM
Gobert with an enormous 4th, Naz, too. And Jaden McDaniels was incredible – 10:53 PM
If you’re calling for Rudy Gobert to be benched at halftime you might want to address his impact in the second half when Denver was outscored 60 to 37. – 10:45 PM
TWITTER RECEIPTS
What people said about the Rudy Gobert trade 🍿
hoopshype.com/lists/what-nba… – 10:40 PM
That fourth quarter by Rudy Gobert was the best basketball I’ve ever seen him play and the fact that he was the best player on the floor in the most important moments of the season when Twitter was roasting him in real time is peak irony – 10:39 PM
Charles Barkley: “I have not been to Minnesota in probably 20 years.”
Anthony Edwards: “Bring ya ass.”
God bless Inside The NBA. – 10:38 PM
“Bring ya ass!” Ant Edwards to Charles Barkley postgame, im deaaaaaaaad 😂😂💀 BRO! – 10:36 PM
A team — THE MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES — featuring Karl-Anthony Towns and Rudy Gobert just pulled off the biggest 2nd-half comeback in Game 7 history.
At altitude
Against the defending champs
my goodness – 10:34 PM
The Rudy Gobert critics need to take an L tonight. He was everywhere in Game 7 and made clutch free throws down the stretch. – 10:34 PM
Mike Conley and Rudy Gobert get to a conference finals together… in Minnesota. Jazz fans, how you feeling? – 10:34 PM
Some championship level flopping by Jokic here to foul Gobert out.
This is a genius at work – 10:24 PM
If the Timberwolves were going to make a deep run it would come via their depth. Pretty bad Ant game all things considered but look at all these other performances. KAT and McDaniels for most of the game. Conley, Gobert and Reid in this quarter. Incredible. – 10:22 PM
Naz Reid and Gobert absolutely dominated the late minutes of this game… against a 3-time MVP – 10:19 PM
Another one there with that O-Reb. Gobert just bought MIN two extra points with that O-reb by playing hard and having more gas in the tank right now. – 10:17 PM
Who knew Rudy Gobert had a spin dribble to beat the shot clock?
Not sure he even knew.
Timberwolves up five 5:02 left in Game 7. #NBAPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/lRO87xFcO3 – 10:13 PM
Rudy Gobert made some truly ridiculous shots in the first round against Phoenix so it’s nice to see he’s just doing it against everyone now lmao – 10:07 PM
Gobert follows the clutch turnaround jumper with a block of AG at the rim. Helluva sequence – 10:07 PM
Game 7 weirdness going for the ultimate heat check with a Gobert 4th quarter masterclass let’s see how this pans out – 10:07 PM
Short roll Gobert making a difference in the fourth quarter is objectively hilarious – 10:01 PM
Rudy Gobert scores to start the 4th Q and puts MIN up 68-67. It’s their first lead since being up 19-18. – 9:55 PM
“Did Rudy Gobert just pull the Michael Jordan?” lmfao @ReggieMillerTNT – 9:55 PM
And Minnesota does just that. Rudy Gobert gets a layup and a foul – 9:54 PM
Gobert block leads to an Ant bucket 🪣
(via @NBA)
pic.twitter.com/wm8uul6ZPy – 9:39 PM
Gobert block leads to Ant bucket 🪣
(via @NBA)
pic.twitter.com/wm8uul6ZPy – 9:38 PM
The Nuggets lead was up to 20 at one point, but the Wolves have pushed it back down to 12.
Denver’s not making great reads. Thought Jokic made an errant pass to Murray on that cut because Gobert was right there in the lane.
They’ve gotta simplify again with some DHO’s. – 9:35 PM
Gobert’s been himself — make of that what you will. Minnesota’s real issue is that Edwards hasn’t been himself. – 9:32 PM
The pass to Gobert on the fastbreak might be the right basketball move assuming you’ve never played with Gobert, but Ant needs to just take those himself. – 9:25 PM
Barkley imploring Minny to bench Gobert at halftime was an absolute lock. (And BTW he’s right.) – 9:13 PM
The only players in first half that had more than 2 field goals:
– Jamal Murray (8/15)
– Nikola Jokic (6/12)
– Karl-Anthony Towns (5/6)
– Jaden McDaniels (4/7)
Ant/Gobert/Conley: 2/17 FGs combined
MPJ/AG/KCP: 6/14 FGs combined
Minnesota bench: 1/8 FGs
Denver bench: 0/3 FGs – 9:11 PM
Conley and Edwards: 2 for 14. Can’t win that way. And Jokic dominating Gobert, but that’s no surprise. – 9:10 PM
Gobert, Edwards, Conley and Alexander-Walker made a combined two shots in the first half. 2 for 22 from those four. – 9:07 PM
Denver leads 53-38 at the half. A disaster offensively for the Wolves as Ant is 1-for-7. Conley also 1-for-7. NAW is 0-for-5. Gobert 0-for-3. – 9:06 PM
The difference between what happens when Gobert catches the ball vs what happens when Jokic catches the ball is 2 different sports. – 8:46 PM
Rudy Gobert has done an excellent job of drawing fouls here. The Wolves are in the bonus the rest of the quarter. – 8:44 PM
Finch subs in Kyle Anderson because Gobert is being guarded by a small — and Anderson is good at getting it to Gobert in his spots.
First possession Anderson finds Gobert, Gobert gets fouled. Gobert has now been fouled three straight possessions. – 8:44 PM
Feels like too much offense is going through Gobert. But I had a long weekend so I might be trippin – 8:44 PM
Last 3 Timberwolves trips:
24-sec violation
Grenade to Gobert
Grenade to Gobert – 8:36 PM
Rudy Gobert and Michael Porter Jr. blocking shots like we have a new vaccine. – 8:10 PM
Game 7 starts off with an offensive foul call on Rudy Gobert. Barely 10 seconds into the game. – 8:07 PM
Scott Foster immediately calls Rudy Gobert for a moving screen hahahaha – 8:07 PM
Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert just took the court for Game 7 vs. Nuggets and gave referee Scott Foster a pat on the back on his way to layup lines. Foster reacted like he was a little surprised. – 7:44 PM
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