Rudy Gobert and the Minnesota Timberwolves lock Nikola Jokic down defensively holding him to 726 shooting 210 from three 4 turnovers and a team-worst -21

Rudy Gobert blocks Victor Wembanyama on the jumper attempt who also flails Wemby also struggles to grab a defensive rebound at the other end leading to a turnover

Victor Wembanyama blocks Rudy Gobert under the rim despite falling for the first pump fake and shortly after grabs a rebound and scores the lefty layup over Gobert at the other end with replays Timberwolves timeout

Rudy Gobert gets rid of Victor Wembanyama grabs the offensive rebound and scores

Luke Kornet blocks Ayo Dosunmu and the defeated-looking Timberwolves players barely walk back to defense as Julian Champagnie hits back to back 3sTerrence Shannon Jr hits a 3-pointer to give him 21 pointsStephon Castle with the easy layup to give him 32 points Wolves give up

Rudy Gobert reflects on his matchup with Victor Wembanyama and gives him his flowersMy goal was to impact him physically I know Victor well so I thought that over the course of a game or a series I could really wear him down over time physically

Victor Wembanyama and Julian Champagnie block Rudy Gobert's two-handed dunk attempt with a replay