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Must C’s: Rudy Gobert, Boston enemy #1

It wasn’t the prettiest game, but Boston’s 104-102 win against Minnesota, particularly one Timberwolf in particular, Rudy Gobert, seemed to wake up a Celtics team so far sleepwalking through the final third of the regular season.

Jaylen Brown getting chippy with Gobert after he takes a shot to the face pic.twitter.com/Mt3rjDRyUK

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Midway through the second quarter, Gobert clipped Jaylen Brown with an elbow, dislodging his mask protecting his facial fracture.

“For JB to get into somebody’s face, it had to be something.