The Timberwolves had their backs against the wall Tuesday night. They overcame shooting slumps, foul trouble and a miracle Luka Doncic shot to stay alive in the Western Conference Finals with a 105-100 win. Here are three stars from Tuesday's NBA action.
The Minnesota Timberwolves have struggled to close games against the Dallas Mavericks in the Western Conference Finals. With their loss on Sunday, they are now facing virtually insurmountable odds trailing 3-0 in the series and head coach Chris Finch did not mince his words.
Karl-Anthony Towns is having a historically difficult start to the Western Conference finals. After another rough night in a Game 3 loss that put Minnesota on the brink of playoff elimination, there was no sugarcoating it from his coach, Chris Finch.
The Minnesota Timberwolves have fallen 0-2 to the Dallas Mavericks in the Western Conference Finals. They have an uphill battle right now, however, they’ve kept both games extremely close.
It may come as a shock to most within the basketball world, but the Minnesota Timberwolves are now down 0-2 in the Western Conference Finals to the Dallas Mavericks after losing Game 2 Friday night, 109-108.
Well, that was a rough start to their first Western Conference Finals game in ages. Coming off a scintillating Game 7 win, the Minnesota Timberwolves came into Game 1 of the WCF with high hopes.
The Timberwolves lost Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals 108-105 to the Mavericks on Wednesday, which is a highly competitive result on paper. If the team was expecting to be praised for a close loss, however, coach Chris Finch had quite the wake-up call for them.
Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch was angry with the way his team played in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals against the Dallas Mavericks.
The Dallas Mavericks set the tone early after knocking off the Minnesota Timberwolves 108-105 on the road to steal home court advantage in Game 1 of the
Timberwolves coach Chris Finch reiterated a point he told his team before the year -- that the league is wide open and Minnesota is poised to take advantage.
The HC has led the Timberwolves to the postseason in all three of his years at the helm, with the team finishing no worse than 42-40 in any season.
The Minnesota Timberwolves started the second round of the playoffs on such a hot start. After sweeping the Phoenix Suns in the first round, they carried the momentum to take two straight games against the Denver Nuggets.
The Minnesota Timberwolves have shocked the NBA by taking a 2-0 series lead against the defending champion, Denver Nuggets, in the Western Conference semifinals.
It was a bad day in the office for Jamal Murray, as the Denver Nuggets were blown out by the Minnesota Timberwolves 106-80 on Monday night. The 27-year-old point guard was held to only eight points on 3-of-18 shooting from the field and four turnovers, although he had 13 rebounds.
Minnesota Timberwolves HC Chris Finch isn't about to let knee surgery prevent him from coaching (with assistance) in his team's semifinal showdown with the Denver Nuggets.
Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch’s knee injury appears to be trending in the right direction ahead of his team’s second-round matchup against the Denver Nuggets.
Chris Finch appears to be making very good progress after his recent injury.
Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch went through successful surgery on his ruptured patellar tendon Wednesday, an injury he suffered in Game 4 vs. the Phoenix Suns after colliding with Mike Conley Jr.
Minnesota Timberwolves coach Chris Finch will undergo knee surgery for a torn patella tendon suffered in a sideline collision with point guard Mike Conley in the team’s closeout win over the Phoenix Suns, per NBA insiders Adrian Wojnarowski and Ramona Shelburne of ESPN.
Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch will undergo surgery.
Timberwolves won their first playoff series in 20 years Sunday as they swept the Suns. But the Anthony Edwards-led squad had to celebrate the momentous win without their head coach, Chris Finch.
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