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Rudy Gobert is Both Irreplaceable and the Timberwolves' Biggest Weakness

SI Feed·Ryan Eichten·11 days ago
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The last two games for Rudy Gobert have possibly been his worst with the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Wolves' big man fumbled away numerous passes thrown his way, and the usual defensive brilliance was largely muted.

It began Monday night against the Cleveland Cavaliers when Gobert missed all nine of his shots to go with a pair of turnovers. Then on Wednesday against the Golden State Warriors , he yet again did not make a field goal, going 0-for-4 with just a single point, and was taken off the floor for much of the second half with the Wolves needing additional offense for an attempted comeback.

Across 910 career games, only eight times has Gobert taken four or more shots and failed to make a single one. Two of those games happened this week. The nine missed shots against the Cavaliers were the most in his career in a game without a made field goal.

"Rough couple days," Gobert said following practice about his recent stretch of poor play. "A lot of things that I gotta finish that I didn’t finish.…

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