The 21-year-old rookie made exaggerated martial arts gestures and sound effects directly in Gobert’s eyeline, forcing him to snicker into a gaggle of microphones.
If there’s any leftover tension from Utah’s Game 5 collapse — the fourth-largest blown lead in NBA playoff history — to the Oklahoma City Thunder, there was no sign of it two days later ahead of Game 6 in Salt Lake City.
The Jazz will be looking to do the same thing they could’ve done Wednesday night: End the series and advance to the Western Conference semifinals against the Houston Rockets.