On January 24, he left the moribund team, at the heart of a series of 11 defeats in 13 matches! Tonight, Rudy Gobert has made its big comeback on the pitch, and it is no longer the same dynamic, or even the same team. Joe Ingles was seriously injured and transferred, and Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Juancho Hernangomez arrived. Not to mention the return of Donovan Mitchell, finally recovered from his concussion. And then there is this favorable calendar with a series of six home matches in a row.
A few days before the All-Star Game, Rudy Gobert could not have dreamed of better conditions to return: the optics of a 6th victory in a row against the Rockets, dead last in the Western Conference. And everything went very well with a victory of 34 points, and a smooth recovery for the Frenchman with 14 points and 7 rebounds in 22 minutes.
“I couldn’t wait… I couldn’t wait to get back on the pitch and participate in what the team was doing” reacted the pivot, who had just missed nine games in a row due to a left calf injury. Seeing him run and dunk, a priori, everything is fine, and his teammates are obviously delighted to find their defensive leader.
” It’s great, just his presence. We all know how good and important he is for our team in attack and defense.” testifies Bojan Bogdanovic. “In attack, he opens up the circle, he takes offensive rebounds, he taps… In defense, we all know what he does. “
“We don’t see in the stats sheet how important his impact is”
Rudy Gobert’s performance may seem modest by his standards, but the Croatian reminds us that his screens in attack or his mobility in defense already have a big impact on a match.
“By the way he plays, we don’t see in the stat sheet how important his impact is on everything we do. Like when Schroder went for layups, and ended up making a pass only because he saw Rudy in the middle of the key. This is not seen in the stats sheet. It’s all those little things, and it’s just amazing! “
What can be seen on the stats sheet is that Rudy Gobert joined the locker room before everyone else with a second technical foul. A second foul he receives for throwing Alperen Sengun on the ground. Nothing too serious, and the Frenchman remembers that the team was able to recover, without him, after this very bad pass.
“Our energy is different. I feel like something happened inside the team.” also notes the French. “In this slump, there was a click. I have the feeling that we are once again a team trying to achieve something. “
| Rudy Gobert | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2013-14 | UTH | 45 | 10 | 48.6 | 0.0 | 49.2 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 2.3 |
| 2014-15 | UTH | 82 | 26 | 60.4 | 0.0 | 62.3 | 3.2 | 6.2 | 9.5 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 8.4 |
| 2015-16 | UTH | 61 | 32 | 55.9 | 0.0 | 56.9 | 3.4 | 7.5 | 11.0 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 9.1 |
| 2016-17 | UTH | 81 | 34 | 66.1 | 0.0 | 65.3 | 3.9 | 8.9 | 12.8 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 14.0 |
| 2017-18 | UTH | 56 | 32 | 62.2 | 0.0 | 68.2 | 3.0 | 7.8 | 10.7 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 13.5 |
| 2018-19 | UTH | 81 | 32 | 66.9 | 0.0 | 63.6 | 3.8 | 9.0 | 12.9 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 15.9 |
| 2019-20 | UTH | 68 | 34 | 69.3 | 0.0 | 63.0 | 3.4 | 10.1 | 13.5 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 15.1 |
| 2020-21 | UTH | 71 | 31 | 67.5 | 0.0 | 62.3 | 3.4 | 10.1 | 13.5 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 14.3 |
| 2021-22 | UTH | 42 | 33 | 70.7 | 0.0 | 69.0 | 3.7 | 11.4 | 15.1 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 16.0 |
| Total | 587 | 30 | 65.0 | 0.0 | 63.5 | 3.3 | 8.3 | 11.6 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 12.3 | |
