DALLAS — The crutches are gone, but that doesn’t mean that Chris Finch is off and running. He earned his first technical foul since the injury in the Timberwolves’ 105-100 Game 4 Western Conference finals win over Dallas at American Airlines Center. “My job was to inject emotion into the game,” Finch told reporters when asked about the tech he’d …
DENVER — The news conference podium at Ball Arena sits on a stage in the Denver Nuggets media room. “He’s a warrior,” said assistant coach Micah Nori, who has filled in as the coach patrolling the sideline while Finch watched from the second row to protect his knee. Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch isn’t quite as mobile as he used …
PHOENIX — Minnesota star Anthony Edwards noticed early in the third quarter that the Phoenix Suns switched up their defense, playing him one-on-one most of the time instead of using the double teams from the first half. “And I showed them.” Edwards scored 31 of his 40 points in the second half, Karl-Anthony Towns added 28 and the Timberwolves pulled …
WASHINGTON — The steam was still coming out of Minnesota Timberwolves coach Chris Finch’s ears when he took his seat for the postgame news conference following Monday’s loss to the Charlotte Hornets at home. The words “disgusting” and “immature” following a game in which Karl-Anthony Towns scored a franchise-record 62 points catapulted Finch’s remarks from the local level to national, …
The Timberwolves announced on Monday they had hired Toronto Raptors assistant coach Chris Finch with the move coming less than 24 hours after they sacked head coach Ryan Saunders. Los Angeles: Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard blasted the Minnesota Timberwolves for going outside their organization to hire their new head coach, saying he would have preferred to see David …
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