On Saturday night against the Brooklyn Nets, the Jazz exercised caution and decided to sit Rudy Gobert. It was the first game of the year Gobert missed, after suffering a right knee contusion when he was hit by a diving Dion Waiters against the Miami Heat.
While Gobert initially called the dive “a dirty play” on Friday night after the game, he backed down on a follow-up question about it.
Gobert also seemed to have skepticism about the play on social media postgame, tweeting “Dove for the ball right…” along with a video clip of the play.