MINNEAPOLIS — Just over four minutes remained in the second quarter of the Timberwolves' game against New Orleans on Sunday at Target Center.
This was the regular-season finale, more important than the previous 81 games, and not much was going right. A few blown assignments. Coach Chris Finch suggested frustration. The Wolves were down 12. During a timeout, Kyle Anderson and Rudy Gobert started exchanging words. Gobert lunged at Anderson, appearing to throw a punch.
Gobert was escorted off the court and ultimately sent home. Then the Wolves went back out on to the floor and changed the game.
