Denver Nuggets guard Christian Braun dunked hard on Rudy Gobert, then celebrated in the face of Rudy Gobert. It led to some hard feelings in a rematch of a seven-game series from last year’s playoffs.
In the fourth quarter of the Nuggets game against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday, Braun found a lane to the basket that took him right by the four-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year. That is usually a recipe for offensive disaster, but Braun muscled his way through for a thunderous, two-handed dunk that triggered audible gasps from the Target Center crowd.
Braun proceeded to celebrate by screaming and walking past the baseline, right into Gobert. The Frenchman took exception, laying hands on the 25-year-old guard and shoving him away.
Quick intervention by Timberwolves forward Jayden McDaniels and the officials prevented the situation from escalating, but both Braun and Gobert were assessed technical fouls in …