{"id":532014,"date":"2026-01-12T16:38:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T16:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/532014\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T16:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T16:38:11","slug":"rudy-gobert-to-be-suspended-for-one-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/532014\/","title":{"rendered":"Rudy Gobert To Be Suspended For One Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/goberru01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-01-11_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rudy Gobert<\/a> will be suspended for one game due to his accumulation of flagrant fouls, reports The Athletic\u2019s Jon Krawczynski (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JonKrawczynski\/status\/2010533234246062163?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Gobert was assessed a flagrant foul for a reckless closeout on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/w\/wembavi01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-01-11_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Victor Wembanyama<\/a> three-point attempt in the fourth quarter of Sunday\u2019s game between the Timberwolves and the Spurs. Wembanyama came down on Gobert\u2019s foot but, after flexing his ankle on the ground, appeared to be uninjured.<\/p>\n<p>The call marked Gobert\u2019s fifth flagrant foul this season, four of which are categorized as Flagrant Foul 1, and one Flagrant Foul 2, which occurred in a game against the Suns. That puts Gobert at six total flagrant foul points, which automatically earns him a one-game suspension.<\/p>\n<p>Following the suspension, which Gobert figures to serve on Tuesday against the Bucks, any flagrant assessed to the 33-year-old for the rest of the season will result in a two-game suspension, notes Chris Hine of the Star Tribune (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChristopherHine\/status\/2010534417979359277?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">via Twitter<\/a>). That counter resets once the postseason begins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rudy Gobert will be suspended for one game due to his accumulation of flagrant fouls, reports The Athletic\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115585,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3724],"tags":[7,373],"class_list":{"0":"post-532014","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-rudy-gobert"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115883114745387329","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=532014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}