Three and six seed playoff matchups for each meeting are set up, and in the West, they pit the Los Angeles Lakers against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
The reward for landing the Minnesota Timberwolves’ sixth seed is to face the La Lakers. Also, there are no easy matchups in the Western Conference, but having to beat LeBron James and Lukadon Sic in the 7 Game Series is a brutal job.
The Timberwolves saw an incredible postseason run in 2024, when Luka Donsic finished with the Dallas Mavericks.
His stepback three pointers to Rudy Gobert won the success of Mavs’ Western Conference Finals, and shed tears from Doncic when the shots were shown in the team’s recent tribute video.
Luka Donsic’s trade with the LA Lakers has shaken up the NBA. It’s a great move to see no one come, and the Mavericks have to secretly regret it.
Rudy Gobert was one of several NBA players who were responsive at the time. He couldn’t believe it.
Gobert’s message hints at how he felt he lived in a different reality, and was surprised that the Mavericks actually decided to give up on Luka Donsic.
Unfortunately for Goat, Mavs did not trade Doncic for the Eastern team. His own fate of facing Donsic in the playoffs is inevitable.
The currently confirmed playoff matchup adds another dimension to Gobert’s response.
Now he has to take on a version of La Lakers’ Donsic as part of LeBron James and Austin Reeves’ horrifying offensive tridents.
Rudy Gobert’s fate is to match up again with Luka Donsic, which could be his worst nightmare.
At the time, he warned that the answer to Gobert’s message might be ahead of him.
“Don’t worry about Luka cooking you in the Lakers Unis. If you’re going to play the playoffs, read one reply.
“He still cooks ya’s butt in just a yellow uniform instead of the blue,” others ta.
It’s unclear if Goat bothered reading his reply, but he’ll know that he’ll get into the matchup to have everything to prove.
Finding a way to lock Doncic and give him a playoff exit is revenge against his painful WCF loss last season.
Gobert must have all the motivations to succeed against Doncic. Doing that is a completely different matter.