SANCTION – During a match on Friday, Gobert had implied by a gesture that a referee, who had just taken him out, was corrupt
Rudy Gobert will have to open his wallet but his team will be able to continue to count on him on the floor. The Frenchman was fined $100,000 (around 91,400 euros) for a provocative gesture addressed to a referee on Friday, but escaped a suspension, the NBA announced on Sunday.
During the Minnesota Timberwolves’ defeat against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday, Gobert received a technical foul for a gesture implying that a referee, who had just called him a sixth personal foul and therefore removed him from the match, was corrupt. “I cost my team the match. It was an immature reaction,” commented the 31-year-old French international insider after the meeting.
An “inappropriate and unprofessional gesture”
Gobert was therefore fined for having “directed an inappropriate and unprofessional gesture towards an official, then publicly criticizing the refereeing”, wrote the NBA in a press release.
The player may be relieved not to have been suspended at a key moment. A little over a month from the end of the regular season, the Minnesota Timberwolves are second in the Western Conference (44 wins, 20 losses). They are fighting to finish in the lead and thus be assured of home advantage during(…) Read more on 20minutes
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2024-03-11 01:07:28
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