NBA: Frenchman Rudy Gobert receives a heavy fine for a provocative gesture towards a referee

Rudy Gobert a écopé d'une lourde amende. EFE – Ángel Colmenares

Le Français Rudy Gobert a écopé de 100.000 dollars (environ 91.400 euros) d'amende pour un geste provocateur adressé à un arbitre ce vendredi 8 mars, mais a échappé à une suspension, a annoncé la NBA dimanche.

During the Minnesota Timberwolves' defeat against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday, Gobert received a technical foul for a gesture implying that a referee, who had just whistled at him a sixth personal foul and therefore taking him out of the match, was corrupt.

"I cost my team the match. It was an immature reaction, the 31-year-old French international interior commented after the meeting.

100,000 dollars

Gobert was fined $100,000 for “directing an inappropriate and unprofessional gesture toward an official and then publicly criticizing the refereeing,” the NBA wrote in a statement. .

The Frenchman may be relieved not to have been suspended at a key moment of the season.

A little over a month before the end of the regular season, the Minnesota Timberwolves are second in the Western Conference (44 wins – 20 losses).