Rudy Gobert has been suspended not by the NBA but, by the Minnesota Timberwolves for the NBA Play In Game vs the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday Night. He got into a altercation on the side of the court with teammate Kyle Anderson.

Kyle Anderson and Rudy Gobert got into a scuffle during a timeout😳 pic.twitter.com/y8X76TbUuJ

— Backcourt Alerts (@BackcourtAlerts) April 9, 2023

The Timberwolves were down by 12 when during a time out Gobert and Anderson got into a war of words. This led to a serious breakdown between the two teammates. It just got uglier from there. ESPN reported that Gobert told Kyle Anderson to start getting more rebounds while Anderson told Gobert to block shots.

Things escalated when Anderson told Gobert to “shut the f–k up, b–ch.”

Rudy Gobert has since issued an apology through his official Twitter account:

Emotions got the best of me today. I should not have reacted the way i did regardless of what was said. I wanna apologize to the fans, the organisation and particularly to Kyle, who is someone that i truly love and respect as a teammate.

— Rudy Gobert (@rudygobert27) April 10, 2023

One could certainly say the suspension leads the Lakers to a easier path to advancing in the NBA playoffs. NBA will certainly appreciate having Lebron James involved if they can get him in the opening round.

Whichever team wins the Play In Game will face the No. 2 seed Memphis Grizzlies in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs.

Credit: https://nypost.com/2023/04/10/rudy-gobert-suspended-by-timberwolves-after-kyle-anderson-fight/