Rudy Gobert was sent off following a trip on Kenrich Williams, who had just scored and chambered him as the French pivot was down, but the Frenchman was not the only Wolves player on edge.
Because Jaylen Nowell, Jaden McDaniels, Kyle Anderson, Anthony Edwards and D’Angelo Russell also collected technical fouls, the point guard even ending up being sent off at the very end of the match…
“We have to deal with this”, explained Jordan McLaughlin in the locker roomalready empty when the press arrived. “A technique from time to time, ok. It motivates the fans, it motivates us. But when we have as many as tonight, it’s something we can control…and [nous devons] find a balance with that. »
Because in addition to offering free points to the opponent, the accumulation of technical faults breaks the rhythm of the team. And above all shows the level of frustration that can exist in Minneapolis.
“It’s something we have to work on as a team”said Naz Reid. “Our veterans, they know they have to do better. They know they made mistakes, and they know it may have taken us out of the game. We don’t blame anyone. It’s like that. We just have to be better”.
Chris Finch also regrets the lack of maturity of his players.
“The frustrations overflowed”concluded the coach on the performance of his players. “It wasn’t the most mature effort on our part. We needed a much more mature effort than that.”
| Rudy Gobert | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Crew | 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 | 66 | 32 | 71.3 | 0.0 | 69.0 | 3.7 | 11.0 | 14.7 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 15.6 |
| 2022-23 | MIN | 20 | 32 | 64.5 | 0.0 | 73.2 | 3.8 | 8.1 | 11.8 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 13.6 |
| Total | 630 | 30 | 65.3 | 0.0 | 64.1 | 3.3 | 8.3 | 11.7 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 12.5 | |
