Chris Finch addressed the media after 108-106 win over Lakers

Chris Finch addressed the media after 108-106 win over Lakers

Uh ad and LeBron were the only two Lakers in double figures tonight kind of how did your defense kind of limit everybody else were some of the keys that tonight well I mean it’s I don’t know how much we limited the other ones

Uh as much as I mean we did a good job on Reeves for sure um you we did a good job on those other guys but the ball was in Anthony and LeBron’s hands so much you know that they were going to do their damage um and uh I think you know

Ad off to a super hot start uh Rudy we were a little better on him in the second half for sure so you know what was your view of LeBron’s shot there uh did you feel like he was on the line the whole time or what did you see I mean

They ruled it on the line didn’t they looked like it was on the line when he pulled up looked like it was on the line on the review so offensively um maybe kind of an up and down night for you guys uh or how did you kind of feel about how you were

On that end of the floor doesn’t mean it’s the same story as we we talked about before the game you know we shoot 50% um with 19 turnovers whenever we didn’t turn over we got I thought really pretty decent looks you know sometimes the switching Bo bothered us a little

Bit um but I thought we moved it really well um and uh yeah just just turnovers continue to plague us you know so you guys have been fighting yourselves it seems for a couple of weeks at least now or three but you keep winning what what

Is it the resourcefulness is it can you pick any certain aspects of your game that have just been so reliable that you’re able to overcome this stuff um well I think a couple things one our defense has stayed consistent uh clutch shot mak’s been big you know we’ve made shots in close games

Um you know we’ve not been able to like uh sustain leads that we’re building whether even there seven eight you know ninepoint lead just because of the turnovers um you know we’re getting to the free throw line the ant in particular is getting a free throw line

At a good rate right now um so those things I think are pretty sustainable feel sustainable right now so with cat struggling and Nas having a really good game did you any second any thoughts on uh breaking the normal rotation there yeah there was I mean but

I figured uh you know like um you know also with foul trouble might as well eat him up you know right there too um but I was waiting to see if I could get to uh you know Kyle to close the game defensively and you know I think about a

Minute 45 or whatever we were able to do so um The Possession before cat gets fouled makes the two free throws so and with Rudy ant and Conley all seem to you know play bigger when the stakes are higher is that I mean part of what’s

Going on here I think so I mean for sure I mean an ant his consistency and playing in these games has been extremely uh impressive it’s you know the the next stage of his growth everybody always ask me about you got to play you know at a high level every

Night he’s he’s certainly doing that we know he loves the moment uh he’s making a ton of the right plays for um and you know this is like uh business as usual for for Mike and and and Rudy so like you know they’re used to playing on teams that

Win a lot of games so they’re used to being in in a lot of tight games and um they’re the anchors really out there so is that a learning moment for Jaden there just about I would sure hope so I mean he’s been good for the bulk of the

Season with his emotional control but this is a inexcusable one for sure the with Mike it seems like the ball in his hands like a lot of sets called late to get in good looks like did you feel like that was probably the best approach for

You guys to find a way to get ant the ball maybe not with him starting the play and just kind of creating sets for him and how did you see that played out yeah you get get the ball in Mike’s hands um get ant moving around and um

You know it’s probably the best probably the best formula for it you know so it looked like after aun picked up that third foul just before the half you were trying to sub him off but maybe he just kind of stayed out there I guess what

Kind of happened on that yeah uh I wanted to sub him out he stayed in it’s been addressed and there’ll be no more comment about it [Applause] so

Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch after the win over the Los Angeles Lakers.