MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Timberwolves middle Rudy Gobert returned to motion Sunday in opposition to San Antonio after a 10-game absence as a result of a decrease again damage — and joined within the staff’s highest-scoring recreation of the season.
Gobert was reinserted in Minnesota’s commonest beginning lineup this season, with Mike Conley and Anthony Edwards at guard and Jaden McDaniels and Julius Randle at ahead. Naz Reid returned to a reserve position, after averaging 18.1 factors and 9.7 rebounds as a starter whereas Gobert was out.
In 20 minutes, Gobert had 16 factors and eight rebounds because the Timberwolves beat the Spurs 141-124 for his or her fifth straight victory.
“Do you imagine in coincidences?” Gobert stated jokingly afterward. “No, it was nice. It was enjoyable. When the ball is transferring like that and the mindset is the way it was tonight, I feel we now have a really highly effective staff.”
Gobert is averaging 11.1 factors per recreation this season, his lowest mark in 10 years. The four-time NBA Defensive Participant of the 12 months award winner is in his third 12 months with the Timberwolves. He missed the chance Sunday to face fellow Frenchman Victor Wembanyama, the Spurs middle who’s out for the remainder of the season with a blood clot in his proper shoulder.