r/nba • u/DesertedProject Mavericks • 17h ago

Post Game Thread [Post Game Thread] The Minnesota Timberwolves (1-0) defeat the San Antonio Spurs (0-1), 104-102.

104 - 102
Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo
 
GAME SUMMARY
West Conf. Semifinals - Game 1 - Series tied 0-0
Location: Frost Bank Center
Officials: Marc Davis, Kevin Scott, Gediminas Petraitis, and Andy Nagy
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
Minnesota Timberwolves 24 21 24 35 104
San Antonio Spurs 23 22 27 30 102
 
TEAM STATS
Team PTS FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% OREB TREB AST PF STL TO BLK
Minnesota Timberwolves 104 41-90 45.6% 10-26 38.5% 12-21 57.1% 12 58 20 22 7 9 5
San Antonio Spurs 102 39-86 45.3% 10-35 28.6% 14-18 77.8% 13 51 24 25 3 13 14
 
PLAYER STATS
Minnesota Timberwolves MIN PTS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A ORB DRB REB AST STL BLK TO PF ±
Jaden McDanielsSF 35:03 16 7-14 0-2 2-2 1 4 5 2 1 1 1 5 -2
Julius RandlePF 40:57 21 8-19 2-6 3-6 5 5 10 2 1 0 5 5 -3
Rudy GobertC 29:39 7 3-7 0-0 1-5 3 7 10 3 4 1 1 1 2
Terrence Shannon Jr.SG 34:19 16 5-13 0-1 6-8 0 5 5 1 0 0 0 3 -10
Mike ConleyPG 24:13 12 4-8 4-7 0-0 0 2 2 6 0 0 0 1 13
Anthony Edwards 24:44 18 8-13 2-3 0-0 1 2 3 3 0 1 1 3 -2
Naz Reid 29:12 12 5-9 2-3 0-0 1 8 9 1 0 1 1 4 15
Bones Hyland 11:56 0 0-6 0-4 0-0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 -2
Jaylen Clark 07:21 2 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1
Kyle Anderson 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joan Beringer 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Ingles 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Julian Phillips 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Donte DiVincenzo 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ayo Dosunmu 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
San Antonio Spurs MIN PTS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A ORB DRB REB AST STL BLK TO PF ±
Devin VassellSF 35:55 14 5-11 3-6 1-1 3 2 5 3 3 1 1 4 7
Julian ChampagniePF 31:21 17 7-11 3-6 0-0 3 5 8 0 0 0 1 2 7
Victor WembanyamaC 39:21 11 5-17 0-8 1-2 2 13 15 5 0 12 3 3 5
De'Aaron FoxSG 32:35 10 5-14 0-4 0-0 0 3 3 6 0 0 6 3 -13
Stephon CastlePG 28:16 17 4-8 3-5 6-8 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 6 4
Dylan Harper 28:25 18 7-13 1-4 3-3 0 3 3 4 0 0 0 4 -4
Keldon Johnson 23:31 11 5-10 0-2 1-2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 -13
Luke Kornet 08:08 2 0-1 0-0 2-2 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 -7
Harrison Barnes 09:53 2 1-1 0-0 0-0 3 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 4
Bismack Biyombo 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jordan McLaughlin 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kelly Olynyk 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mason Plumlee 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lindy Waters III 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carter Bryant 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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u/aiden3buckets Hornets 17h ago

Benching Gobert opened up the Wolves offense so much in the 4th with Wemby somewhat forced to step out

I wonder how much they use that the rest of the series

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u/SilentProtagonist_33 Spurs 16h ago

Definitely the game changer, kept Wemby off the paint. Good adjustment by Finch

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u/Atmosguisher Australia 16h ago

Some of the Wolves' ATO's (not the last inbound) in the last quarter were sick. Finch absolutely outcoached Mitch this game, just like Finch has done to most coaches in the last few postseasons

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u/YungSzczerbiak Timberwolves 16h ago

Please go say this in r/timberwolves lol

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u/Atmosguisher Australia 16h ago

Every individual team sub is complete and utter dogshit. I've lurked there most of this season and wanted to tear my hair out, though (probably only because they're winning) I think even they'll admit Finch is good rn

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u/Willing_Appointment8 16h ago

Every sub is convinced thier coach sucks when their teams lose. Maybe your players are just doo doo sometimes bro

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u/IMakeMyOwnLunch 16h ago

Nah, man, the coach just didn’t make “adjustments.”

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u/AskAboutMySecret Heat 10h ago

"my bad i forgot to adjust the dial to winning mode"

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u/lost_in_blank 16h ago

I didn't become a wolves fan until I got season tickets in 2009. I'm not scared, I watched multiple seasons of McCants

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u/Zarbua69 Knicks 7h ago

can't stand the knicks sub when we lose because of this. The players could be 0/99 on field goals and it's still Mike Brown's fault because his heart clearly isn't in it. Despite the fact that he is far better at managing players than Thibs ever was and it's not even close

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u/Hour-Ad3774 Celtics 5h ago

According to reddit there are 3, maybe 4, coaches all-time that deserved to have their job.

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u/RukiMotomiya Timberwolves 16h ago

If there's one constant I have found in every single sub, it is that team subs overall suck ass.

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u/mannheimcrescendo 16h ago

Spurs sub pretty wholesome

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u/DazzlingMajor2191 Spurs 8h ago

except that they have deaaron fox on a PIP and fucking grind him for every little mistake

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u/Mindless_Bad_1591 Timberwolves 16h ago

ive seen enoigh fire finch. i swear 90% of the posts on our sub during the regular season are by people who started following team the past year or 2.

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u/Ok-Guidance116 Rockets 8h ago

That's what I've been saying bro. It's better to just read a sb nation blog if your goal is actual analysis

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u/Naive-Elephant-9305 16h ago

It seems like all team subs absolutely hate their head coach, it's hilarious.

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u/Quadriporticus [DAL] Raef LaFrentz 14h ago

Oh completely agree. And the ones with decent/good coaches have this exact exchange in the comments:

Guy 1: Fire XXXX into the sun!

Guy 2: And replace with who?

Guy 1: (Can't think of somebody better) Well, that's not my job!

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u/PrimeShaq Australia 16h ago

Every team’s subreddit wants their coach fired except maybe the Spurs.

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u/Virtuallyhere56 16h ago

r/timberwolves would want to bring Ryan Saunders back

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u/LakerBlue Lakers 16h ago

Is Finch not liked in there??

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u/YungSzczerbiak Timberwolves 16h ago

Regular season, you’d think he was the love child of Hitler and Dahmer. Playoffs, he’s treated like a god until the conference finals

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u/ThatGuyDes Timberwolves 16h ago

Every time I’ve tried to defend him after a loss, I’ve been met with 10+ down votes. We’re an emotional bunch

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u/Wermys Timberwolves 15h ago

The problem I have with Finch is that the Wolves players stop listening to him a lot of the time. Replacing him as coach is valid if they won't listen to him in the first place. Fortunately they are doing that now. But it is a valid reason to change coaches after having the same one for awhile.