That led to Gobert slowly walking out of the paint, but it was too late as the referees called a three-second violation. When the Timberwolves started going down the court, Anthony Edwards was seen yelling and frustrated at Gobert.

Tensions began to rise in the fourth quarter when Rudy Gobert posted up Scottie Barnes deep under the basket, but Julius Randle failed to throw him the ball to take advantage of the mismatch. According to Hine, Gobert was upset about not getting a chance to score and took too long to leave the lane, which resulted in a three-second violation.