The first points of the NBA’s Disney World reboot came from the man whose positive COVID-19 test originally shut it all down.
Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert had the first touch, shot and score of the team’s first game back against the New Orleans Pelicans. After winning the tip-off, Gobert got the ball in the post and went to work, just like he had been four months ago.
That would be the first basket of a solid game for the reigning Defensive Player of the Year, who finished with 14 points on 5-of-9 shooting, 12 rebounds and 3 blocks in a 106-104 Jazz win.