Timberwolves’ Rudy Gobert ripped by Draymond Green amid brutal night vs Nikola Jokic

   

The Minnesota Timberwolves are supposed to have the best anti-Nikola Jokic weapon in the form of Rudy Gobert, who is the reigning Defensive Player of the Year — an award he has actually won a total of four times. But against Jokic in the second round of the 2024 NBA Playoffs, Gobert has seemingly been as effective as a wet cardboard or a broken turnstile when matched up against the three-time league Most Valuable Player.

Call it a matchup between an unstoppable force and an immovable object, but for Golden State Warriors star forward Draymond Green, that individual head-to-head in the Timberwolves-Nuggets series is a one-sided affair with Jokic clearly winning. After the first half of Tuesday night’s Minnesota-Denver Game 5, Jokic had himself an already fantastic output of 19 points on 7/10 shooting from the floor. That prompted Green to call Gobert “barbecue chicken,” to borrow from Shaquille O’Neal’s favorite line.

When it was all said and done on the floor in Game 5, Jokic’s stat line read: 40 points, 13 assists, two steals, and a block to go with an efficient 15/22 shooting from the floor, 2/3 from behind the arc, and 8/9 from the free throw line in the 41 minutes he spent lighting up the Timberwolves. Adding to his impressive night was the fact that the Serbian did not commit a turnover. To have possession of the leather for the majority of the time, score 40 points, and dish out over 10 dimes while resting for only seven minutes and yet have zero turnovers was something that’s straight out of basketball nirvana.

Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports

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