DENVER, Colo. — The silence was surreal. One by one, just seconds after young and his finished in Game 1 of the West semifinals on Saturday night, the stunned made their way off the Ball Arena floor with nary a sound between them. was first, followed by , then , and . Dozens of other players and staffers followed, but no words were exchanged between them. Advertisement No messages of encouragement. No shouts of frustration. Nothing.
The difference, for Denver and the rest of the league, is that Minnesota has a generational defender in Gobert who has finally proven to be worth every penny of that controversial deal with Utah. Gobert finished with six points, 13 rebounds, three blocks and a plus-12 rating that trailed only , but it was his late fourth-quarter block of a Jokić alley-oop attempt that offered the best reminder of his value.
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