SALT LAKE CITY — During an in-arena TV interview after Saturday’s game, Joe Ingles jokingly accused Rudy Gobert of being a ballhog.
“He wants the ball every time, which is annoying,” Ingles said, tongue-in-cheek, of the center who’s played well in two games since a 15-game absence. “But, hey, he’s been good for us.”
Gobert didn’t hear the sarcastic barb, but, coincidentally, the French center had some fun at the 30-year-old small forward’s expense in the locker room after the Jazz beat the Los Angeles Clippers 125-113 at Vivint Arena.
“When he asks for the ball, he can score,” Gobert said of Ingles, who tied his career-high with 21 points against the team that waived him before Utah picked him up.