By HoopsHype | April 26, 2025
What’s the buzz on Twitter?
Christopher Hine @ChristopherHine All season, folks who didn’t watch the Wolves wondered what would happen if Gobert got quote-unquote played off the floor.
If you watched the Wolves, you knew they could go with a lineup of Naz-Julius in the front court and be just fine. Tonight is the best example of that. – 12:27 AM
Mike Trudell @LakersReporter Luka’s finding a second wind here, scoring four straight with 2 FT’s and then a leaner over Gobert to tie the game at 103 with 4:37 to play.
Time out, Minnesota. – 12:06 AM
Dave McMenamin @mcten Rudy Gobert at shootaround this morning about being on an island defensively against Luka Doncic: “I live for those moments.”
He just got the better of Doncic in a huge sequence here late in the 3rd Q, poking the ball away from Luka on the perimeter and igniting a MIN fastbreak. – 11:37 PM
I think this game has pretty emphatically shown that the Rudy Gobert problem, at least so far in this series, isn’t with his perimeter defense, it’s with his offense and his rebounding. – 10:53 PM
Sam Quinn @SamQuinnCBS Dorian Finney-Smith has been mostly excellent for the Lakers. Great addition.
Gotta know better than to attempt a “directly under the basket with no momentum even with a half-hearted pivot” layup over Rudy Gobert. – 10:10 PM
Todd Whitehead @CrumpledJumper A full accounting of Rudy Gobert guarding in space against the Lakers in Game 2. He faced 35 challenges and allowed only 22 points (0.63 points-per). By my count, the good plays (18👍) outweighed the bad ones (6👎) by a ratio of 3:1.
🧵 has a grade for each one. pic.x.com/OCfBCCtjkQ – 4:11 PM
Sam Quinn @SamQuinnCBS The Lakers sought out Rudy Gobert on the perimeter in around 18% of their half-court possessions in Game 2, or 30% of their HC possessions during Rudy’s minutes. It isn’t working. I dig into why, and what it means for the offense as a whole, below.
cbssports.com/nba/news/the-l… – 3:22 PM
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