Rudy Gobert nears NBA suspension for flagrant fouls after Monday’s ejection

Rudy Gobert was ejected in the third quarter of Minnesota s loss to Phoenix on Monday after the center delivered a forearm shove to the back of an airborne Mark Williams as the Suns big man was going up for a shot attempt After review the executives ruled the foul to be a flagrant-penalty two which results in an immediate expulsion from the encounter Williams received a flagrant foul penalty-one earlier in the battle for hitting Gobert in the face while swiping down hard to attempt to thwart a Gobert finish at the rim Gobert s push marked his second flagrant foul in two games after he was also cited for a flagrant-penalty one via an overzealous closeout on a James Harden triple Saturday against the Clippers Gobert has now been whistled for four flagrant fouls this season Monday s penalty-two along with three penalty-one infractions That puts him at five flagrant foul points just one-third of the way through the season The next flagrant foul he accrues will development in a suspension If Gobert s next two flagrant fouls are penalty-one infractions he ll be suspended one encounter for each After that every flagrant foul would upshot in two-game suspensions between now and the end of the regular season It seems highly unlikely the Frenchman will go the rest of the year being assessed another flagrant foul given how physical he is while protecting the paint Just last year Wolves guard Anthony Edwards was suspended for a encounter in Utah after exceeding the NBA s technical foul limit for a season Now Gobert is in high danger of missing games for disciplinary reasons Minnesota necessities all the wins it can get while trying to position itself amid a crammed top half of the Western Conference race That means it necessities its best defensive participant on the floor You can t make up for Rudy s absence Edwards commented after Monday s loss When he s in the event they don t want to go down there and finish Of class he s truly missed when he s not on the court Related Articles Timberwolves play with fire fall to Phoenix You just feel more resource For Timberwolves ball movement brings ecstasy Timberwolves rally in fourth to beat Clippers Timberwolves escape late in New Orleans again Chris Finch says Timberwolves have got to try to raise our standards