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Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch fined $35K by NBAMinnesota Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch was fined $35,000 for his actions during Friday's 112-107 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder, the NBA announced Sunday.,Finch, 56, appeared to be enraged by physical play early in the game when fouls were not called against Thunder players. He was gi...

Surging Wolves take on Jazz after fiery display from Chris FinchMinnesota coach Chris Finch didn't see the end of his team's game in Phoenix on Wednesday night, but he certainly had to like what transpired after he was ejected.,The Timberwolves, who trailed by two in the third period when he was tossed for arguing with officials, went on to earn a 121-113 victor...

Are the Minnesota Timberwolves for real or <em>American Fiction</em>?It’s Oscars Week, which feels like as good a time as any to draw up the NBA storylines and characters which could double as Oscar nominees.The Minnesota Timberwolves’ deceptive season has been one of the hottest topics in the West so let’s start there....

Minnesota and New York listened to the NBA on load management and guess what happened

The NBA’s annual battle of attrition that precedes the playoffs struck again as Minnesota Timberwolves big man Karl-Anthony Towns is out indefinitely with a torn meniscus. It’s the same ailment that forced Philadelphia Sixers center Joel Embiid to the sidelines, and one that should be treated with a...

Daryl Morey is Oppenheimer for the NBA’s nuclear offensive age

It’s Oscars Week, which feels like as good a time as any to draw up the NBA storylines and characters which could double as Oscar nominees. ...

If you can’t trust Anthony Edwards, you can’t trust the Timberwolves

I’m not anti-analytics, because data matters, but there’s no way to factor in things like your best player missing tipoff because he was a late arrival, or a coach pulling his second-best player when he’s on pace for a 70 burger. The Minnesota Timberwolves are a very good basketball team, by record,...

The Minnesota Timberwolves are the NBA’s best redemption story

The Minnesota Timberwolves’ bounce back from their 2023 nadir has been the NBA’s most remarkable redemption story. The Association may have discontinued its Comeback Player of the Year award, but the Twin Cities’ finest would deserve consideration if that were not the case. Before October, the outlo...

Joe Dumars turns his back on NBA defenses

NBA executive vice president Joe Dumars has to say everything is fine while standing in front of a fiery explosion of scoring. And, of course, he’s going to be anti-load management. He is a shill for the league and has to toe the company line on the state of the game. However, it’d just be nice to a...