Christian Braun quickly became a legend in this regard.

of denver nuggets guard He made a ferocious dunk that symbolized the Minnesota Timberwolves’ center. Rudy Gobertand to add insult to injury, Brown mocked him to his face immediately after the fact. In a rematch of last season’s Western Conference semifinals, the scene nearly devolved into an all-out brawl. (Related article: Celtics’ Jayson Tatum gets taunted by former teammate Grant Williams during a football game)

During the fourth quarter of Friday night’s game, Brown found space and ran the lane toward the basket, and once he got there, Four-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year At Gobert. Normally this would be a disaster for opposing offenses, but Brown delivered a huge dunk on Gobert that sent the target center into a complete frenzy.

Brown got excited after the dunk and started screaming and walking towards Gobert, clearly making fun of him. And the T-Wolves big man wasn’t happy at all and pushed Brown to pull him away.

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After this play, Christian Braun and Rudy Gobert got into it.

A double technical foul was assessed. pic.twitter.com/lSCC7J4sNY

— ESPN (@espn) November 2, 2024

And what added to Gobert’s night was that he looked like he was on the verge of going crazy when he was the Nuggets’ point guard. russell westbrook ran up to him:

Things get cheeky when Christian Braun dunks Rudy Gobert, who doesn’t respond to his challenge, and throws Brown away. pic.twitter.com/gUnCg6mWyi

— CJ Fogler🫡 (@cjzero) November 2, 2024

Gobert kept the G, but it was clear after the match that he felt embarrassed.

“He dunked on me.” – Rudy Gobert argues with Christian Braun 😅 pic.twitter.com/RoYUYrmoPl

— Sports Center (@SportsCenter) November 2, 2024

And Joe Mazzula’s genius plan continues to get old…