Precisely in the last game of the season, just before the play-in, Minnesota experienced a real drama.
During the first quarter in the 108:113 win over New Orleans last night (Sunday), Rudy beat his teammate Kyle Anderson during a timeout, claiming he didn't close for the rebound.
Anderson tried to answer, but the teammates broke up.
The French center did not return to the floor, and it is not impossible that he will be suspended by his team and miss the playoffs.
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"Emotions overwhelmed me," Gober tweeted during the night.
"I shouldn't have reacted the way I did, regardless of what was said. I want to apologize to the fans, the club and the audience, who I really love and appreciate as a teammate."
Anderson himself also tried to calm down: "The spirits are turbulent during a game, you want to win and things like this happen. Let's move on. We want to win games. This is not the first time someone has tried to hit me. We are men."
If that's not enough, during the first quarter Jayden McDaniels was furious about receiving a second foul, punched the wall and apparently cracked his right hand and will not play again this season.
In doing so, the Timberwolves lost one of their best guards, and who was supposed to be entrusted to LeBron James in the meeting with the Lakers in the play-in.
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Mike Connelly, who knows Rudy Gober well from their days together in Utah, was pleased with the character his team displayed - after these two moments, managed to recover and win.
"We could have crumbled," he said.
"Whether because of Kyle and Rudy or because of Jayden. It's a blow after a blow, but it united us. You have to be men, get through it."
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