NBA – Authors of 47 points and 25 rebounds on 16 of 19 shots against the Blazers, Rudy Gobert and Karl-Anthony Towns are increasingly complicit and complementary.
It seems far away the time when we criticized the Wolves for having sought Rudy Gobert to associate it with Karl-Anthony Towns. While Anthony Edwards took the reins of the team, voices were raised to advise the management to transfer the “Twin Towers”. Ultimately, the new management believed in them, and the results prove them right.
The Wolves are number 1 in the Western Conference, and the group is showing its progress by avoiding any missteps against low-ranked teams, like the Blazers last night. A meeting marked by the big card from Rudy Gobert: 24 points on 9 out of 11 shots, 17 rebounds, 2 blocks. At his side, Towns is just as effective with 23 points and 8 rebounds on 7 of 8 shots, including 3 of 3 from 3-point range.
“We really did a good job finding Rudy at the start of the match” underlines Chris Finch, about the 11 points of his pivot in the first quarter. “KAT penetrated, quick and clean, and he was able to use his size and power. It’s great that our guys have continued to build on what works. »
A rating of 8 or 9 out of 10
Gobert and Towns are so complicit that they arrived together in front of the microphones. Asked about their comfort level playing together, they gave themselves 8 or 9 out of 10.
“There is room for improvement” Gobert justifies himself regarding this evaluation. “But it's nice because we push each other… KAT wants me to improve, and I want him to improve… When you find yourself like that, that's the only thing that account. We want everyone to succeed. We want to be able to win together. It's unique. »
Fierce opponents when the Frenchman was at Jazz, the Towns-Gobert duo understood that the success of the team depended on their complicity. “In the NBA, a lot of teams have players with egos. I think that for us, we are at a stage in our career where only winning counts”
