#Minnesota Timberwolves at Atlanta Hawks
State Farm Arena- Atlanta, GA
[ESPN](https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/401584732)
[TV/Radio](https://reddit.com/r/timberwolves/comments/17k5nx6/game_thread_minnesota_timberwolves_11_at_atlanta/k75h5s4/)
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|Time Clock|
|:–:|
|Final|
||Q1|Q2|Q3|Q4|Total|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|MIN |42|37|19|15|113|
|ATL |35|25|38|29|127|
###Player Stats
**Minnesota Timberwolves**
|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|J. McDaniels|23:56|12|5-6|2-2|0-0|0|3|3|2|0|1|0|2|-8
|K. Towns|36:11|16|7-17|1-3|1-1|2|8|10|3|1|0|0|2|-8
|R. Gobert|30:41|14|3-7|0-0|8-11|6|7|13|1|1|2|0|2|-13
|A. Edwards|37:46|31|13-21|5-8|0-1|0|5|5|7|1|0|5|4|-9
|M. Conley|28:02|6|2-9|2-6|0-0|1|1|2|3|0|0|0|3|-12
|K. Anderson|24:47|4|2-5|0-2|0-0|1|1|2|5|2|1|2|1|-8
|N. Alexander-Walker|13:21|3|1-3|1-3|0-2|0|0|0|2|0|0|1|1|-9
|N. Reid|23:58|13|5-12|3-7|0-0|0|1|1|0|0|0|1|1|-21
|S. Milton|16:33|10|4-8|2-2|0-0|0|1|1|1|0|0|1|1|2
|J. McLaughlin|1:11|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|0|4
|J. Minott|1:11|2|1-1|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|4
|D. Nix|1:11|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|4
|L. Garza|1:11|2|1-1|0-0|0-0|0|1|1|0|0|0|0|0|4
**Atlanta Hawks**
|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|D. Hunter|30:21|16|6-10|3-5|1-2|0|4|4|2|1|0|0|0|4
|J. Johnson|33:06|12|5-7|1-2|1-1|1|4|5|3|1|1|2|3|19
|C. Capela|22:34|2|0-3|0-0|2-2|1|4|5|1|0|5|1|3|-4
|D. Murray|39:22|41|17-24|3-5|4-4|0|7|7|5|2|0|3|1|25
|T. Young|35:00|24|9-22|1-7|5-5|0|1|1|8|1|0|1|1|4
|B. Bogdanovic|20:27|8|3-10|2-7|0-0|0|1|1|4|1|0|1|1|3
|S. Bey|25:10|11|4-5|3-3|0-0|0|6|6|1|0|1|1|2|17
|A. Griffin|6:12|3|1-1|1-1|0-0|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|0|-8
|O. Okongwu|24:15|10|3-3|0-0|4-4|2|5|7|3|0|0|0|1|22
|K. Bufkin|1:11|0|0-1|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|-4
|M. Gueye|1:11|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|-4
|B. Fernando|1:11|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|-4
###Team Stats
|Team|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|AST|PF|STL|TO|BLK|OREB|DREB|REB|
|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|MIN|44-90|16-33|9-15|24|17|5|10|5|10|28|50|
|ATL|48-86|14-30|17-18|28|12|6|9|7|4|32|41|
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I really, really, really wish I didn’t know what this kind of loss feels like
Why does this keep happening š
This is NBA. Big swings happen. However, coming back down by 20 NEVER happens in our favor. Last season we lost 20 games being up by 10. Already 2 this season. Other coaches adjust, our do not. You cant let Dejounte make 12 shots in a row and not change your defense against him.
Up by 20 in the 1st half and end up losing by double digits. There are no wordsā¦
Finch has no idea how to coach with a lead or how to stop the bleeding. Awful timeouts, awful rotations, and zero adjustments.
This is only one game but it’s the same shit that happened to us the past two seasons as well.
It’s obviously on the players as well but we have switched up the players under the same coach and have had this happen too many times.
This isn’t the first 30+ point swing loss that Finch has had. Absolutely inexcusable.
Best players not playing like the best againā¦
At least Gobert looked good. Everything elseā¦ just burn the fucking tapes
This is like a five alarm fire, players only meeting tonight kind of game.
70 to 30 run is unimaginable against even the 2017 Warriors, let alone this Hawks team. Jesus fucking Christ they are just completely broken on offense.
I just wanted a nice fun Wolves game to take my mind off Kirk Cousins. Not this cruel bullshit
How do we go from 79 first half points to 34 in the second? Where is the ferocity coming out of halftime? Step on their throat!
Nuggets on Wednesday. Can’t wait for 1-3 and the trade Kat machine fires back up again
At least we get free beef n cheddars
What the fuck did I just watch
The team looked like they gave up in the second half so demoralizing…
Before we speculate- this loss is on everybody. Anyone who says it’s a single person is predatory and narrative hungry. You can’t have this kind of loss without every single person sucking in the second half
Something needs to change
Only took 3 games to get back to midseason form
Cannot believe what I just watched
fire Finch.
That was one of the worst losses Iāve seen as a fan of this team and thatās saying a lot. KAT is on thin ice
Is Naz Reid better than Kat? Shit he might actually be.
By all accounts the players love Finch, do they realize itās games like this that get coaches fired?
It got worse as the game went on, see the time out at 1:11 left in the game. This team wasnāt trying.
To those saying itās only three games, maybe you havenāt watched much the last two years.
Everyone blows leads but nobody else does it even close to as much or as consistently as this team.
FIRE SAUNDERS
Trade everyone, build around Jaden.
New year same teamššš
iām the idiot for thinking this year would be different
Wtf was that
Iām so fucking tired of this shit FUCK
The losing culture is still there.
You need to weed it out.
Wasnāt able to watch the game, did Finch really let the Hawks got on an 18-1 run without calling a TO?
The guys couldn’t hit a shot in the second half. But Finch straight up makes no fucking adjustments and I’ve seen him get out coached way too many times.
Doesn’t matter how much our players improve if our coach still refuses to adjust or create a gameplan for when we have a lead, jesus christ it’s going to be another disappointing season if Finch stays at the helm
I honestly think Kat or Finch need to go. Finch because of know adjustments, Kat because I think its hard for this team to change with him here still. We cant let go of Rudy with his contract. Those are the only 2 changes we can really make
This is Finch’s legacy.
Coach gotta go aināt no way you let one guy cook us. If we didnāt score them garbage points he out score us second half by himself
Why does Finch wait till we lose a 20 point lead and the other team has full momentum before calling a timeout?
This is a Finch problem
Finch bro my guy no why are you gonna go get yourself fired
Wolves back baby
This team fucking has it though. That first half was fucking crazy thatās my only take away here. We looked like fucking gods although that efficiency was unsustainable.
Remember when Kyle Anderson missed a layup before the half and all the players came out to hug him and laugh and then nobody ever made a layup ever again lol good times
Iāll watch every game but the same warts are there from previous years. KAT is ineffective, Ant with terrible decision-making, Naz inconsistencies, Nickeil and Shake being ass offensively, Finch with complete game mismanagement yet again. Hopefully they figure it out, season is still young
āOnly game 3ā, āone game in Octoberā do any of yāall remember how many games separated the 5th and 10th seeds last season? Does the west look more competitive than last season? You canāt afford to lose these types of games if you have any serious expectation of winning a playoff series.
Bally was trying to spare us
I was really having a lot of fun. Then I wasnāt having a lot of fun. I need to lay down.
The fact that Jmac has played amazingly in preseason and his minutes, especially on offense, and he gets 0 run when the team is shitting the bed offensively is just insane.