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Rudy Gobert suspended for Minnesota Timberwolves' next game after another flagrant foul

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Published 3 months ago

Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert has been suspended for one game after picking up another flagrant foul, the NBA announced on Saturday.

[p]The French star [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/basketball/minnesota-timberwolves-KjBIVQcI/philadelphia-76ers-vwRW2QSh/?mid=6aAidxaf"]will miss Sunday's game[/a] against the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/philadelphia-76ers/vwRW2QSh/"]Philadelphia 76ers[/a] after being assessed a flagrant one foul in the second quarter against the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/dallas-mavericks/YouS3mEC/"]Dallas Mavericks[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/basketball/dallas-mavericks-YouS3mEC/minnesota-timberwolves-KjBIVQcI/?mid=WQBCvDXi"]on Friday[/a] in a play in which [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gobert-rudy/boMyt82G/"]Gobert[/a] hit [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bagley-marvin/fyKLJdAe/"]Marvin Bagley III[/a] in the face with his forearm while battling for a rebound.[/p][p]Gobert was initially assessed a common foul, but officials ruled it a flagrant after a review, saying he made an "unnecessary flail" with his arm.[/p][p]Gobert has already served a one-game suspension this season after accruing his sixth flagrant foul point in January.[/p][embed guid="4398a5ea-c2f2-4c3f-9b78-16443ca79fcc" url="https://x.com/BrettSiegelNBA/status/2025306112958881951?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Under league rules, once a player has been suspended for accruing more than five flagrant foul points, he will be suspended for any further flagrant foul.[/p][p]Gobert had said after the game that he hoped the NBA would overturn the flagrant call on what he called "just an accident".[/p][p]Gobert and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/minnesota-timberwolves/KjBIVQcI/"]Timberwolves[/a] coach Chris Finch both said they thought the big man was being officiated differently.[/p][p]"[b]Seemingly every time Rudy gets clocked in the head and the face, which is quite a bit, it's always just, 'Ah that's just two guys, play on. It's nothing,'[/b]" Finch said. "[b]But yet the other way around, we seem to be penalized for it.[/b]"[/p]

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