On Monday night, the Minnesota Timberwolves faced the reigning NBA champion Denver Nuggets in Game 2 of their Western Conference semifinal series, but without center Rudy Gobert.
Gobert was back in Minneapolis early on Monday, after his fiancée gave birth to the couple’s son.
The plan to return him to Denver in time for tipoff was derailed by strong winds in Colorado that caused havoc with aircraft operations. With a 106-80 victory in Game 2, the Wolves took a 2-0 lead in the series.
The most remarkable aspect of the Wolves’ 29-of-83 shooting performance against Denver, according to Finch after the game, was Gobert’s absence. Gobert’s fingerprints were all over this masterpiece.
