Rudy Gobert appears as unexpected nightmare for Lakers and eliminates them from playoffs

After the three previous defeats in this series, Los Angeles Lakers I knew there was no margin of error in his season and that Minnesota Timberwolves He was not hurting only with his superstar Anthony Edwards, but with different men.

Julius Randle, Jaden McDaniels and Naz Reid were averaging at least 13 points and 4 rebounds each, and Donte Divinnzo adding with about 8 points and 3 assists as a substitute.

But a Rudy Gobertthe most salary player of the Timberwolves, we just found him as his eighth maximum scorer in the series, with an average of 3.5 points in addition to some 6.5 rebounds that seem little to him and his 2.16 meters tall.

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However, on the night JJ Redick opted for the Small-Ball, without a minute for Jaxson Hayes, with Dorian Finney-Smith as a starter and with the debut in Lakers of another forward as Maxi Kleber (who did not play a game since the end of January), Gobert scored almost twice as much points and picked up almost the same amount of rebounds as in the four previous meetings.

The French veteran was not a factor X, but was directly a nightmare for the Angels in his stadium. 27 points and 24 rebounds to lead the Timberwolves in both items, also adding two plugs in their 39 minutes on the court (he was averaging 26.2 in the series). Victoria for 103-96 for Minnesota and series finished with an unexpected 4-1 by the vast majority.

Only one player in the history of the Timberwolves had achieved such a game, of at least 20 points and 20 rebounds, in playoffs: the mythical Kevin Garnett (in four opportunities).