Following an uneven few months, the Minnesota Timberwolves (27-21) might be finding their footing in the Western Conference. They matched a season-best four-game winning streak with Wednesday’s road victory versus the Phoenix Suns and surpassed it in Thursday’s 138-113 win against the Utah Jazz (10-36).
Minnesota Timberwolves HC Chris Finch was on one on Wednesday. The fifth-year veteran coach earned his first-ever career ejection in a game that saw the Timberwolves defeat the Phoenix Suns 121-113.
What did Chris Finch do or say to pick up a second technical foul and get tossed in Phoenix? Apparently, the Timberwolves' head coach called the officiating crew "bozos" under his breath, which is what led to his first career ejection.
Apparently, Finch came into the day hot. His emotion was a carryover from one heck of a film session he had with the team Wednesday. “He woke up choosing violence,” said Nickeil Alexander-Walker, who had a season high 23 points.
The Hawks were playing without Trae Young, so it should've been an easy victory. Instead, a poor second half of basketball by Minnesota caused the game to be closer than expected. After the game, Wolves coach Chris Finch expressed his frustrations with the group and called out their second half effort.
It sucks,” Randle said. “I guess we’ll never know what could’ve been. I think the more unfortunate part is everything was a build, a constant build — I feel like all our teams overachieved year
Karl-Anthony Towns and Rudy Gobert took time to develop chemistry before things blossomed last season. Halfway through this year, what have you thought of the new adjustments with Julius Randle,
Randle played a secondary role in the Timberwolves’ 116-99 win, taking a backseat in the spotlight as Anthony Edwards dazzled with 36 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists.
All week Timberwolves coach Chris Finch has put his team on alert that its “mess around period” of the season is over. It’s why Finch was
The Minnesota Timberwolves play against the Utah Jazz at Delta Center The Minnesota Timberwolves are spending $7,617,860 per win while the Utah Jazz are spending $14,689,996 per win Game Time:
The Wolves were without three players from the regular rotation but turned to Rob Dillingham, Luka Garza and Jaylen Clark for help. Anthony Edwards' 36 points helped, too.