NEW YORK – Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert has been suspended one game without pay for accruing his seventh Flagrant Foul point of the 2025-26 regular season, it was announced today by James Jones, Executive Vice President, Head of Basketball Operations.
Gobert, who entered Friday’s game with six Flagrant Foul points, received a Flagrant Foul 1 with :29.8 remaining in the second quarter of the Timberwolves’ 122-111 victory over the Dallas Mavericks at Target Center. Gobert will serve his suspension tomorrow when the Timberwolves host the Philadelphia 76ers at Target Center.
The NBA’s regular season Flagrant Foul point system appears below:
If the player’s regular season total exceeds 5 points, he will receive an automatic suspension following the game in which his point total exceeds 5 points and for each additional Flagrant Foul committed during that regular season, as follows:
- Player at 4 points commits a Flagrant Foul 2: Automatic 1-game suspension
- Player at 5 or 6 points commits a Flagrant Foul 1: Automatic 1-game suspension
- Player at 5 or 6 points commits a Flagrant Foul 2: Automatic 2-game suspension
- Player at 7 points or more commits a Flagrant Foul 1 or 2: Automatic 2-game suspension
