{"id":616902,"date":"2026-02-22T02:35:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T02:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/616902\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T02:35:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T02:35:16","slug":"rudy-gobert-suspended-one-game-after-another-flagrant-foul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/616902\/","title":{"rendered":"Rudy Gobert Suspended One Game After Another Flagrant Foul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>February 21:\u00a0Gobert\u2019s latest flagrant foul 1 was upheld and he has been suspended for Sunday\u2019s game, the NBA confirmed in a press release (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NBAPR\/status\/2025305964086247541\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-465252\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Rudy-Gobert-vert-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\"  \/>February 20: Timberwolves center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/goberru01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-20_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rudy Gobert<\/a>, who has accumulated six flagrant foul points this season, is likely to be suspended for Sunday\u2019s contest vs. Philadelphia after receiving a flagrant foul 1 in Friday\u2019s game vs. Dallas, per Chris Hine of The Star Tribune (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChristopherHine\/status\/2025024422781091875\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The four-time Defensive Player of the Year was given the flagrant at the end of the second quarter for a play involving <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/baglema01.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Marvin Bagley<\/a> (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/streamable.com\/nf6v8z\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">video link<\/a>). It was initially called a common foul, but upon a review from the officials, Gobert was assessed the flagrant for \u201cunnecessary flail contact to the neck area of Bagley.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gobert already received a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopsrumors.com\/2026\/01\/rudy-gobert-to-be-suspended-for-one-game.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">one-game suspension<\/a> from the NBA last month after accruing his sixth flagrant foul point for a reckless closeout on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/w\/wembavi01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-20_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Victor Wembanyama<\/a>. Assuming his latest flagrant foul 1 is upheld by the league, the 33-year-old big man will lose another $201,149 of his salary, while the Wolves will receive a tax variance credit of $100,575.<\/p>\n<p>With Gobert likely now at seven flagrant foul points, any future flagrants will result in an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NBAPR\/status\/2010801548977451304\" rel=\"nofollow\">automatic two-game suspension<\/a>. His flagrant counter will reset in the playoffs, Hine notes (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChristopherHine\/status\/2025024727320830024\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChristopherHine\/status\/2025027709588455888\" rel=\"nofollow\">links<\/a>), but if Gobert receives a flagrant in either the penultimate or final game of the regular season, his suspension would carry over to the postseason.<\/p>\n<p>Through 54 games, Gobert is averaging 11.0 points, 11.1 rebounds and 1.6 blocks in 31.3 minutes per contest. He finished Friday\u2019s win with 22 points, 17 rebounds and three blocks in 32 minutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"February 21:\u00a0Gobert\u2019s latest flagrant foul 1 was upheld and he has been suspended for Sunday\u2019s game, the NBA&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":616903,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3724],"tags":[7,373],"class_list":{"0":"post-616902","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\/116111956212701214","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616902","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=616902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/616903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}