VIDEO: Devin Booker Hits Rudy Gobert in the Groin While Getting Around Donovan Mitchell Screen
Monday night's matchup between the Jazz and the Suns was super intense in multiple ways. In the third quarter, Utah guard Donovan Mitchell used his big man, Rudy Gobert, to set a screen on the defending Devin Booker. Trying to fight over the pick, Booker inadvertently smacks Gobert in the area that no man wants to be hit.
Booker! What the? Appears to smacks Gobert in the junk, Coach doesn't like the result (no flagrant 2)...apparently not harmful enough...um...? pic.twitter.com/Jxx6yqMvgL
— Dave Fox (@Davefox2) October 29, 2019
That's gonna sting for a while.
While Gobert was probably in a good amount of pain, this was nothing compared to how Nicolas Mahut got drilled at Wimbledon this past summer.
This is the most gruesome and violent tennis match I've seen in decades of watching the sport, and this is the least of it pic.twitter.com/zs6eAQkYAA
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) July 13, 2019
Gobert's hit wasn't the only heated moment of the game, however. It came down to the wire, and a controversial foul call at the last second is what sealed the victory for Utah.
Travesty of an ending to the Suns - Jazz game, as the refs do not revise the game clock after a foul pic.twitter.com/TXirLbwIb7
— The Render (@TheRenderNBA) October 29, 2019
Both teams have gotten off to nice starts this season, but the Suns playing well has definitely been the biggest surprise so far. Phoenix's new coach, Monty Williams, has them at 2-2 as of Tuesday, and it looks like they're actually playing good defense for the first time in years.