Utah Jazz announced on Sunday that their center and team’s best player, Rudy Gobert will be out for 4 weeks after suffering an injury in Saturday’s loss to the Miami Heat. Gobert injured his knee in the 3rd quarter, after trying to collect a loose ball and colliding with Heat’s Dion Waiters. MRI test revealed that Gobert has a right tibia contusion.
Commenting on his injury, Gobert accused Waiters of dirty play.
“It feels better than it looked on the video,” – said Gobert. “I think it was a dirty play, but no matter what the most important thing is to keep getting better and to win tomorrow.“
“He just dove right into my knee,” – Gobert continued. “Kind of like the same thing that happened before on my MCL so my knee just went inside and kind of popped inside and back out.“
If you ask Waiters, he thinks he didn’t do anything wrong.
“I’ve never been a dirty player in my life,” – said Waiters to the reporters on Sunday. “I went for the ball. Tell him to get out of his feelings. And that’s what it is, just like that.“
Rudy Gobert has been great for the Jazz in this season, assuming the role of team’s star after Gordon Hayward left Utah to sign for the Boston Celtics. Gobert already has 8 double-doubles in the season and averages 13.9 points, 10.5 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game.
The last season was the best one for Gobert since his arrival to the NBA, since he posted career highs in almost all statistical categories. He lead the league in blocks while receiving multiple honors for his performances in 2016-2017 including NBA All-Defensive First Team and All-NBA Second Team.
