A victory and a successful performance for Rudy Gobert. Utah led by 15 points early in the fourth quarter and expected to be heading for a quiet success in Ohio.
Gobert decisive at the end of the match
It was without counting on Darius Garland (31 pts) who sounded the revolt, well helped by Jared Allen (17 pts, 11 rebounds). But both had the misfortune to cross the road of “Gobzilla” in the last two minutes.
The French pivot, on the offensive rebound – his 5th out of the 20 captured in total – first crushed a left hand dunk on Allen’s head, to give the advantage 109-106.
Before inflicting his 5th block of the game on Garland, who then missed a shot from behind the arc that could have given the victory to the Cavs.
With this fourth victory in a row, Utah consolidates its 3rd place in the West, where Houston recorded a sixth straight victory in New Orleans (118-108), continuing its slow rise in the standings (13th).
