Those who now have the Bible of the Lose of French Sport now know how to react when you end up under a basketball poster. Last night, our national Rudy Gobert fell on the wrong side of the picture, squashed by Lakers dragster Russell Westbrook.
An evening under the sign of the Posterdunk
Like every year, the MLK is a basketball orgy for any self-respecting fan. From 6 p.m. to 7 a.m., basketball, basketball and more basketball. 12 matches in one evening, which the people demand. And with so many orange balloons, it goes without saying that posters get lost here and there. Besides, it starts pretty well with Kyle Kuzma who pulverizes Joël Embiid.
There’s no concussion protocol after that? pic.twitter.com/ZCAZF02hyP
– Fédé ???????? de la Lose (@FFLose) January 17, 2022
But as you can imagine, it’s not this one we’re going to talk about.
Analysis of the poster on Gobert
Let’s go back to our fundamentals: the poster is good, on a Frenchman it’s better. Let’s go straight to the point, here is the action in question. Keep your little brothers and sisters away from the screen.
MY GOD WESTBROOK MONUMENTAL POSTER ON GOBERT ????????????????????????????pic.twitter.com/mzLaaXpSOv
– TrashTalk (@TrashTalk_fr) January 18, 2022
First of all, we observe a splendid teamwork to put Rudy in the best position to finish number 1 in the Top 10 NBA of the day. Half-defense from Royce O’Neale, who gets caught by a half-screen from Lebron James. Behind that, Bogdanovic makes a huge effort to pretend to be concerned.
Rudy is therefore very quickly faced with a difficult choice. A little bit of cowardice by stepping aside or a big inspiration and an attempt to counter? The native of Saint-Quentin chooses the second option. Courageous, but suicidal against a launched Westbrook.
The shock is hard, but Gobert succeeds in the main thing: to stay on his feet. Still standing, but not always the banana anyway. Luckily, he fouls and the referee also whistles a technique for excessive celebration at the Lakers player. Crushed, but the pivot will still seek a point on a free throw for technical fault. Clever.
