Chris Finch calls fouls, free-throw disparity between Wolves, Lakers in 2nd-half as ‘tough’

Head coach Chris Finch obtained some cryptic ideas on what might have been the issues of the Minnesota Timberwolves down the stretch that finally resulted in their 108-102 time beyond regulation Play-In downfall towards the Los Angeles Lakers.

The Timberwolves have led more often than not on the Tuesday outing, even gaining a 15-point margin. But they caught a chilly snap and simply churned seven complete factors in the ultimate 11 minutes of motion – encompassing the fourth body and the extension interval.

“Body movement, ball movement. Same thing we talked about in the beginning. We just passed, we just got static. They switched a lot of things and we didn’t got quick enough, we didn’t go with enough force,” mentioned Finch in postgame.

“We needed to get to the free throw line or something like that. We missed a couple of bodies too and a couple of turnovers as well, but I’m not supposed to sit here and talk about the free throw differential but that was also big.”

For context, the Lakers have shot 22-for-24 complete foul pictures on the Play-In matchup, outshadowing the Wolves’ 14-for-15 document.

17 of Los Angeles’ free-throws got here in from the whole second half, whereas the Wolves simply made a visit thrice to the road on the mentioned stretch. As such, Finch famous that this distinction between two groups was difficult, which grew to become an element that resulted his membership to struggle for its season on Friday between the winner of the No. 9 New Orleans Pelicans and No. 10 Oklahoma City Thunder.

“I thought they were fouling us up the floor a lot. We never really got to the bonus, except for the second quarter. So, I don’t know. The first three free throws we shot were at the end of regulation in the second half. 17 to 3, I believe. Something like that. It was tough. We gotta force the action and get to the rim and get to the free throw line more.”