Friday's game in Salt Lake City began with the Utah Jazz fans giving Rudy Gobert a hero's welcome. It ended with the Wolves giving the Jazz the bum rush.
It was Gobert's first game back where he began his career. And he responded, with an 22-point, 13-rebound double-double.
But it was Gobert's teammate, guard D'Angelo Russell, who slammed the door in Minnesota's 118-108 win.
Russell scored 20 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter. He hit all seven of his shots. He made all six of his three-pointers. He almost single-handedly held off a Jazz team playing without two starters that had erased a double-figure Wolves lead and pulled within a point three times and were within two with 3:14 left.