Rudy Gobert was ejected in the third quarter of Minnesota’s loss to Phoenix on Monday after the center delivered a forearm shove to the back of an airborne Mark Williams as the Suns big man was going up for a shot attempt.

After review, the officials ruled the foul to be a flagrant-penalty two, which results in an immediate expulsion from the game.

Williams received a flagrant foul, penalty-one earlier in the game for hitting Gobert in the face while swiping down hard to attempt to thwart a Gobert finish at the rim.

Gobert’s push marked his second flagrant foul in two games after he was also cited for a flagrant-penalty one via an overzealous closeout on a James Harden triple Saturday against the Clippers.

Gobert has now been whistled for four flagrant fouls this season — Monday’s pena

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