Rudy Gobert had become the punching bag for analysts, former gamers and followers alike after the Nuggets routed the Timberwolves in Video games 3, 4 and 5 to take a 3-2 collection lead.
Draymond Inexperienced and Charles Barkley went so far as to counsel that the Timberwolves had been higher off benching Gobert in favor of Naz Reid. Through the halftime break of Sunday’s Sport 7, when the Nuggets had been up by 15 factors, Barkley doubled down on his tackle “Inside the NBA” on TNT.
“They gotta take Gobert out the sport … Joker is simply throwing him round like a rattling rag doll,” Barkley mentioned after watching Nikola Jokic dominate the primary half with 13 factors, 15 boards and 5 assists.
Gobert had the final snigger, serving to lead the Timberwolves to an enormous second-half comeback and a 98-90 win.
