Return of Rudy Gobert, combined absences of Chris Paul and Cam Johnson opposite… The Wolves had several favorable factors on their side when they received the Suns, with a view to erasing their defeat suffered at home against the Knicks. Redemption attempt completely failed because the Minnesota players lost after being up to 27 points behind.
This defeat would worry less if it was not the fifth in the last six meetings, and the seventh in twelve games in total. Currently 10th in their conference, the Wolves are still very far from the aspirations mentioned at the start of the season, linked to the arrival of Rudy Gobert. Except these Wolves don’t have not yet earned the right to be considered a good team or something », call Chris Finch to order.
As his team prepares to hit the road for a four-game away series (Memphis, Cleveland, Orlando and Philadelphia), the technician believes that his training has things to ” prove “. ” I think it’s kind of a wake-up call for all of us and we have to go step by step “, he continues.
Author of a very small exit to 11 points (3/7 on shots only) and 8 rebounds, with three faults committed in the first quarter, Karl-Anthony Towns seems to be of the same opinion. Transforming Wolves from a simple playoff team to a title contender cannot be done overnight.
“You will see the team that everyone has been talking about all summer”
” Everyone in town is super excited. The entire league has come to embrace Minnesota culture. And then we did things that didn’t work and everyone was like, ‘Oh my God, here we go again’ “, judges the interior, before addressing the fans directly: “ Be patient. We have great guys in this locker room, professionals. And we have great athletes and obviously a lot of talent. When we put this together and do it at high tempo, you’ll see the team that everyone’s been talking about all summer. »
Such is the promise of a team that had already had a mediocre start last season, with only four wins in thirteen games, before getting back on the right track. But the expectations of the time were not the same as today. This is the reason why Anthony Edwards takes a completely different view: ” There is no more time to lose. The time has come. We must go. We’re going to turn things around in Memphis, that’s for sure. I think Memphis is going to knock us off our feet. »
This next match in Tennessee will mark the first meeting between the two teams since the first round lost by the Wolves against the Grizzlies in the last playoffs. This meeting may also be an opportunity for Anthony Edwards to move forward after two very average outings. This night, too busy complaining to the referees, the back scored only 11 points at 4/12 on shots.
” I will be better(this kind of game) arrived. Shots less well, days when I can’t return shots, when I can’t get started. It won’t last forever, I can promise you that “.
| Shots | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | bp | Int | CT | party | Points |
| Karl Anthony Towns | 11 | 35.4 | 50.6 | 36.4 | 90.0 | 1.9 | 7.1 | 9.0 | 5.6 | 3.2 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 3.5 | 22.3 |
| Anthony Edwards | 11 | 36.5 | 45.5 | 34.9 | 68.2 | 0.5 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 22.2 |
| D’angelo Russell | 11 | 29.6 | 37.9 | 29.7 | 71.9 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 5.6 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 13.5 |
| Rudy Gobert | 9 | 32.2 | 58.9 | 0.0 | 62.8 | 4.7 | 9.2 | 13.9 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 12.6 |
| Jaylen Nowell | 11 | 18.7 | 41.5 | 31.1 | 73.3 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 11.5 |
| Jaden Mcdaniels | 11 | 28.3 | 55.1 | 30.8 | 83.3 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 3.5 | 9.9 |
| Naz Reid | 9 | 13.1 | 58.5 | 30.0 | 66.7 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 8.4 |
| Taurean Prince | 11 | 19.8 | 50.8 | 43.6 | 85.7 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 8.1 |
| Kyle Anderson | 7 | 17.9 | 63.2 | 60.0 | 81.8 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 5.1 |
| Jordan McLaughlin | 9 | 17.5 | 41.2 | 11.1 | 100.0 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 4.2 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 4.0 |
| Bryn Forbes | 7 | 9.7 | 23.8 | 18.2 | 100.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 2.3 |
| austin rivers | 6 | 7.2 | 22.2 | 20.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| Nathan Knight | 4 | 2.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| Wendell Moore, Jr. | 1 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
