The Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday suspended center Rudy Gobert for Tuesday's play-in game against the Los Angeles Lakers after he threw a punch at teammate Kyle Anderson in a team huddle Sunday.
The Timberwolves will be without Gobert and power forward Jaden McDaniels, who fractured the third and fourth metacarpals of his right hand after punching a wall in an arena tunnel in Sunday's costly victory over New Orleans.
If the eighth-seeded Timberwolves lose to the seventh-seeded Lakers on Tuesday, they'll return home Friday to play the winner of the New Orleans-Oklahoma City play-in game for a chance to advance into the Western Conference playoffs.