Christian Braun is an instant legend for this.
The Denver Nuggets guard put down an absolutely ferocious dunk that posterized Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert, and to add insult to injury, Braun taunted him right in front of his face after the fact. The scene almost led to an all out brawl in a rematch of last season’s Western Conference Semifinals. (RELATED: Celtics’ Jayson Tatum Gets Blasted By His Former Teammate Grant Williams Like They’re In The Middle Of A Football Game)
During the fourth quarter of Friday night’s game, Braun found space to run down a lane towards the basket, and when he got there, he was met by the four-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year in Gobert. Usually, this ends up being a catastrophe for the opposing offense, but Braun managed to land a vicious dunk on Gobert which set Target Center into a complete frenzy.
Braun got hyped following the dunk, shouting and walking right into Gobert, clearly taunting him. And the T-Wolves big man wasn’t pleased whatsoever, giving Braun a shove to get him away.
WATCH:
Christian Braun and Rudy Gobert got into it after this play.
Double technical fouls were assessed. pic.twitter.com/lSCC7J4sNY
— ESPN (@espn) November 2, 2024
And to add even more embarrassment to Gobert’s night, it looked like he was about to crap himself when Nuggets point guard Russell Westbrook ran up on him:
Christian Braun dunks all over Rudy Gobert who took exception to the taunt, throws Braun away and things get saucy pic.twitter.com/gUnCg6mWyi
— CJ Fogler 🫡 (@cjzero) November 2, 2024
Gobert kept it G though after the game, he knew he got embarrassed.
“He dunked on me.” – Rudy Gobert on the altercation with Christian Braun 😅 pic.twitter.com/RoYUYrmoPl
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) November 2, 2024
And Joe Mazzulla’s genius plan continues to age well…
This article was originally published at dailycaller.com
