Nickeil Alexander-Walker: Rudy Gobert took the matchup against Mitchell Robinson personal

The 9-3 start, good for first in the West (by percentage points) and a game and a half behind the Boston Celtics for the league’s best record. A defense that has been the league’s stingiest for most of this season, only recently dipping to second in defensive rating (the Wolves were 10th last season). The league’s sixth-best net rating. More importantly, the kind of harmony inside a locker room that did not appear to be there when it mattered most last season. “I think the people on the outside didn’t get to see what was happening within our team,” Gobert proclaimed. “It’s the fact that we never give up. The second half of the schedule was really tough last year, but we kept fighting and were about to get to the playoffs. And then some more adversity came.” -via The Athletic / November 20, 2023