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Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert (27), center front, collides with San Antonio Spurs guard Dylan Harper, center back, while gaining possession of the ball on Sunday in Minneapolis. (AP Photo\/Abbie Parr)<\/p>\n
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) \u2014 Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert must serve a one-game suspension due to the number of flagrant fouls he has accumulated this season.<\/p>\n
The NBA announced that Gobert will sit out tonight when the Timberwolves visit the Milwaukee Bucks. They\u2019ll also be without star guard Anthony Edwards, who was ruled out for maintenance of a right foot injury that kept him out of three games last month.<\/p>\n
Gobert, the four-time Defensive Player of the Year award winner, was called for a level 1 flagrant foul during the fourth quarter of Minnesota\u2019s 104-103 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday, when he aggressively closed out against Victor Wembanyama behind the 3-point line.<\/p>\n
The game officials ruled that Gobert impeded Wembanyama\u2019s ability to safely land on the follow-through from his jump shot, giving him six flagrant foul points for the season. League rules dictate an automatic suspension after a game in which a player\u2019s flagrant foul point total exceeds five.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s tough, because I try to be aggressive contesting shots in the heat of the moment,\u201d Gobert said after the game on Sunday. \u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s, at any time, any intention of getting anybody hurt or putting people in dangerous situations.\u201d<\/p>\n
Level 1 calls are worth one point, and Level 2 calls for more severe and intentional contact are worth two points. Gobert will be vulnerable to further punishment, too. Another level 1 flagrant foul call on him during the regular season would prompt an automatic one-game suspension, or a two-game ban for a level 2 call. Beyond that, either level of flagrant foul once a player hits seven points triggers an automatic two-game suspension.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs long as they keep calling flagrants when I get hit in the back of the head, which happens every night, I\u2019m cool with it,\u201d Gobert said. \u201cProtecting the players I think is important, but let\u2019s protect all the players.\u201d<\/p>\n
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