Are you kidding me? To say Rudy had no part in this loss is equivalent to saying you didn't watch the game. Paul went nuclear because he chose to pick and roll Rudy to death. He did it the entire series, but we saw it full blown this 4th quarter when Harden was choking and the keys were passed to Paul.
Either way, we weren't expected to win this game with our two point guards out. And if Favors was on minutes restriction, well then nothing better could have been done. At least Gobert played better tonight compared to the prior games.