If you like your basketball to be of the above-the-rim variety, then Minnesota was the place to be Monday night.
Timberwolves rookie phenom Andrew Wiggins went toe-to-toe with Utah Jazz shot-blocker extraordinaire Rudy Gobert, and twice Wiggins got the better of the French big man.
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Gobert would not be posterized a third time, however. He stopped Wiggins cold on the rookie’s next attempt, and he made sure the folks in Bristol, Conn., took notice.
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This individual battle was far more entertaining than the game itself, as the Jazz coasted to a 104-84 win. Gobert was a force on both ends for Utah, finishing with 15 points, 12 rebounds and three blocks.
Thumbnail photo via Brad Rempel/USA TODAY Sports Images
