Another late meltdown as the Minnesota Timberwolves fall apart in loss to Toronto Raptors
The Minnesota Timberwolves fell apart yet again, this time with a unique and concerning fourth-quarter meltdown by Julius Randle and Rudy Gobert as the Toronto Raptors pulled out the win. Ben Beecken (@bbeecken) gives his thoughts on the Gobert-Randle play — who’s to blame, and is it a big deal? — as well as what happened overall in another loss to an inferior opponent. Plus, individual studs and duds and where we go from here…
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13 comments
They were missing Rudy most of the night, when he was under the basket.
Finch has to get a handle on this.
The offense only looks good to me when Conley is on the floor
Finch should be fired immediately!!!! He is a horrible coach . A shame the way this team is coached .
If you could give a follow-up with towns in New York and how he's doing, that would be great.
It appears to be a mismatch sizewize but Scotty Barnes is no slouch on defense. If Rudy gets it thrown to him there's a high probability he doesn't catch it clean, the pass gets deflected or intercepted if Barnes anticipated and jumped the "route", Rudy could have got stripped when he went up for a shot. The only pass Rudy can do anything with is a lob. Anything else dude has hands of stone which is insane for people who can actually palm the ball. How is that even possible? People make too many excuses for these 9 figure athletes to consistently screw the pooch while collecting all their money and making excuses as to why they didnt play hard. Beyond tired of this entitled attitude.
Ben you're obviously biased towards rudy. Had that very been randle who displayed that type of sportsmanship and body language I'm sure you'd be calling for him to be traded. And you assume randle stared rudy down. Randle had Jakob guarding him. He's not that easy to see over.
I do not blame Randle at all. Rudy should only get the ball off a lob or a rebound. Any other method has far higher turnover chances. He has the worst hands in the NBA and it's not close.
Easy to see they are not playing as a team. Just players on the floor at the time.
Anyone who thinks Chris Finch is a good coach really doesn’t know how to analyze the game properly
Not finding 1 hour of time in 12 years to learn 1 post move as a professional being paid multiple millions of dollars to be at the top of your game, means you don't get to just "Call for the ball". If this is unfair and Rudy has tried to learn post moves but just cant… the point still stands and maybe stands even more. You do not get to call for the ball. He should know what he is good and bad at at this point. If he wants the ball… grab an O rebound.
Ah, Randle the no defense chemistry killer.
Next step : lose to the Wizards, the Sixers and the Jazz.
Traded the wrong big man