Rudy Gobert felt pretty silly after blowing the defensive coverage against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday night.
Gobert’s Jazz lost 105-104 to the Timberwolves. Minnesota took the lead on a D’Angelo Russell layup with under five seconds left. Gobert got lost defensively, which allowed Russell to be wide open.
D-LO FOR THE WIN!
The Wolves get their first back-to-back wins of the season. pic.twitter.com/irmDv2sXxM
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) April 27, 2021
After the game, Gobert took responsibility for the botched assignment. He said watching the replay makes him “feel dumb.”
Rudy Gobert: "It's totally on me. [Mike Conley Jr.] was already out there. We switched. I should have recognized that. He did what he was supposed to do, and I didn't. 200% on me. … It's one of those plays, when you watch the replay, you just feel dumb." https://t.co/mSSIODtdEs
— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) April 27, 2021
There’s not much more you can say than that.
The Timberwolves’ performance against the Jazz this season has been a complete anomaly.
Minnesota has gone 3-0 against Utah this year even though the Jazz have the best record in the league. The Timberwolves are 15-44 against everyone else. The Jazz are 44-14 against everyone else, but 0-3 against Minnesota. Go figure.
Maybe the strangest set of stats this NBA season:
Jazz vs. Timberwolves: 0-3
Jazz vs. everyone else: 44-14Timberwolves vs. Jazz: 3-0
Timberwolves vs. everyone else: 15-44— Zach Kram (@zachkram) April 27, 2021
Ben Simmons probably has that play locked and loaded in his arsenal to share when making his postseason awards case.
