Times are tough at Wolves. Since the victory against the Lakers, Rudy Gobert and his gang have posted only one victory in seven games. The last loss against the Grizzlies was logical, Ja Morant and his teammates having completely controlled the game.
As in recent days, the defense has been failing again, the attack unimaginative… In short, things are not going well in Minnesota but Chris Finch remains optimistic.
“I still believe that this team is good. But we’re too irregular to be right now.”notes the coach for Twin Cities. “At least there we stayed in the game as long as possible. Which was unfortunately not always the case recently. »
It is not enough to rejoice in the face of a crisis that lasts. Anthony Edwards is not ready to be satisfied with this meager consolation prize.
“We don’t want moral victory, we want real victories”, clarified the back. “I don’t care about these ‘the effort was there’ type of talk. Small wins, like ‘resist in the first half but not in the second’, are not enough. We have to give everything throughout the game. We have to play with the feeling of despair because we lost a lot of matches. »
A fatal “six to eight minute window”
As a negative spiral has started at Wolves, isn’t it time to change something to cause an electric shock? By changing five majors for example, which has always remained the same (except during Rudy Gobert’s isolation): D’Angelo Russell, Edwards, Jaden McDaniels, Karl-Anthony Towns and the French pivot.
“We consider changes in formations, rotations all the time”, start coach. “But I don’t know if that’s considered 100% the problem. Change the major five? I’m not there. »
So what is the main problem? The same as a few days ago: a snowball effect when things don’t go Wolves’ way.
“In these matches, there is a window of six to eight minutes where we make a lot of mistakes in defense, as well as in attack with loose balls. And that’s a bad combination.” analyzes Chris Finch. “If we can mitigate this period, which we have not been able to do, I am quite confident in our ability to get out of this bad patch. »
| Shots | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | bp | Int | CT | party | Points |
| Karl Anthony Towns | 12 | 34.8 | 50.3 | 36.2 | 90.7 | 1.8 | 7.2 | 8.9 | 5.5 | 3.2 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 3.6 | 21.3 |
| Anthony Edwards | 12 | 36.4 | 44.9 | 33.3 | 66.0 | 0.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 21.3 |
| D’angelo Russell | 12 | 29.9 | 38.3 | 31.5 | 75.0 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 5.7 | 3.1 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 14.0 |
| Rudy Gobert | 10 | 32.0 | 60.7 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 4.5 | 9.1 | 13.6 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 13.8 |
| Jaylen Nowell | 12 | 19.0 | 42.7 | 32.7 | 76.5 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 11.8 |
| Jaden Mcdaniels | 12 | 29.1 | 57.6 | 33.3 | 81.0 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 3.4 | 11.1 |
| 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 | 12 | 19.7 | 49.3 | 42.5 | 85.7 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 7.8 |
| Kyle Anderson | 8 | 18.4 | 65.2 | 50.0 | 84.6 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 5.5 |
| Jordan McLaughlin | 10 | 16.5 | 40.0 | 11.1 | 100.0 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 3.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 3.6 |
| 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 | 5 | 2.7 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| 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 |
