2023-11-15 08:28:31
Images are rare in the world of basketball. French pivot Rudy Gobert was strangled by Warriors power forward Draymond Green, then excluded, during a fight at the start of the match between Minnesota and Golden State (104-101) on Tuesday in the NBA.
The game had barely started, while no points had been scored, a scuffle started between Jaden McDaniels (Minnesota) and Klay Thompson (Golden State). Rudy Gobert quickly intervened to separate them when he was violently squeezed in the throat with his arm, from behind, by Draymond Green, for several seconds for impressive images.
Draymond Green was excluded as well as Klay Thompson and Jaden McDaniels.
A loud-mouthed and controversial character, reviled by opposing supporters, Green (33), four times NBA champion with the Warriors, collects technical fouls and exclusions, sometimes for dangerous acts.
In April, this pillar of the Warriors (at the club since 2012) was suspended for one match for stepping on an opponent during the playoffs against Sacramento. In October 2022, he hit a teammate (Jordan Poole, who has since left for Washington) during a training session. In 2016, he was sanctioned for a bad gesture on LeBron James during the NBA final.
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