Double trouble for Utah.
Beaten on the wire by Golden State (94-92) last night in San Francisco, the Jazz also lost Rudy Gobert, replaced for the last minutes and victim of a calf strain.
“
I felt it right away.
I walked and felt something, a sensation in my calf.
I tried to play anyway, but I could feel I was wrong and I didn't want to make it worse
,” said the 29-year-old French center, who finished with 12 points and 18 rebounds in 36 minutes. against the Dubs.
And to continue, about the seriousness of this glitch: “
I've never really had this before, so I don't know, it's difficult to say how many matches or how long it will take me to heal.
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The sooner the better, knowing that the Salt Lake City-based club already had to do without Donovan Mitchell (concussion) and Hassan Whiteside (recovery from Covid) on Sunday, and that Bojan Bogdanovic (knee) was also injured against Stephen Curry and company on Sunday evening.
“
Sometimes you have to be smart.
It's an elongation and if you make it worse, it can be much worse
, "slips Gobert, well aware that you shouldn't joke with this kind of concern, which can quickly switch to something serious if you don't. pay no attention to it.
Keystone of the Jazz defense
Triple winner of the title of best defender of the year, Rudy Gobert has 16 points, 15.1 rebounds (1st in the NBA) and 2.3 against (2nd in the NBA) since the start of the season (42 games) , he who recently missed five games after contracting Covid-19. His second passage through the coronavirus box, the former Choletais having already tested positive for the first time on March 11, 2000. In fact, it was the first known case in the NBA, leading to the interruption of the season which ended finally completed in the Orlando bubble. Still, the Jazz only won one of these five matches and saw their defensive statistics soar without the international tricolor (74 caps), more essential than ever in the country of the Mormons.
Utah (30 wins, 17 losses) is preparing to face Phoenix (36v-17d), leader in the Western and League standings, twice in a row, next night in Arizona and Tuesday at home.
Gobert and company are fourth in the West, behind Golden State (34v-13d) and Memphis (32v-17d).
