Very fit at the start of the season, Rudy Gobert achieved, on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, a historic performance with Utah. Enough to help his Jazz franchise to maintain its invincibility after three games played.
Third game of the season, third colossal double-double for Rudy Gobert. Faced with the Denver Nuggets of Nikola Jokic, reigning MVP, the French pivot has worked to allow the Jazz to win on the score of 122 to 110. In 34 minutes spent on the floor, the international tricolor has compiled 23 points at 7/8 on shots and 16 rebounds. Crazy statistics that perfectly match its role as a control tower, ruthless in defense and effective in attack. But also and above all, a historic performance.
In the opener against the Oklahoma City Thunder, Rudy Gobert had 16 points and 21 rebounds. Two days later, against the Sacramento Kings, bis repeated with 17 points scored and 20 rebounds captured. That is to say three double-doubles in a row with more than 15 points and 15 rebounds at the start of the season for “Gobzilla”, who became the third player to achieve this since 2000. Only Kevin Garnett (2004-2005) and Giannis Antetokounmpo (2018-2019) had done the same before him.
Gobert, futur Hall of Famer?
Even if all was not rosy for Rudy Gobert, who had a complicated start to the match against Nikola Jokic (who already had 24 points at halftime), he finally took advantage of the latter’s injury exit to unwind. At 29, the one who gets nicknamed The Stifle Tower across the Atlantic, in reference to its size, the French monument and its ability to stifle the adversary, already has a pretty good reputation. Already three times defenseman of the year, twice All-Star… what if Rudy Gobert entered even more in the history of the NBA?
According to Michael Malone, head coach of the Denver Nuggets, “Rudy Gobert is a Hall of Famer.” Namely that he deserves to enter the North American Basketball Hall of Fame, which honors the greatest players in the sport.
