One hundred and forty-one nights after his positive coronavirus test triggered the suspension of the NBA season, Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert scored the first points of the league's restart, converting a drop-step move over former teammate Derrick Favors on the opening possession of Thursday night's game against the New Orleans Pelicans in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
More important, Gobert also scored the game's final points, hitting a pair of go-ahead free throws with 6.9 seconds remaining.
"I'm just grateful," Gobert told ESPN in a telephone interview after the Jazz's 106-104 victory at Walt Disney World's HP Field House.