![]() ![]() All five starters scored at least 12 points, with Edwards leading the way at 23. With the Wolves’ season potentially in the balance, Head Coach Chris Finch trimmed the rotation to eight players his team responded with one of its more well-rounded performances of the season. Of course, the win wasn’t all about Towns. But they won, so those concerns are muted - for now. IspzmH0YCm- Jack Borman April 5, 2023Īgain, if Minnesota had lost, the inability to play Towns and Gobert at the same time in the fourth quarter would be cause for chagrin. Great way of creating a mismatch and getting easy offense. Slow-Mo closed over Gobert and Finch ran the offense through KAT post-ups on the left side three times inside of 3:00 left. Wolves needed offense and Finch went small to find it. Towns scored 10 of his 22 points in the final period, the key factor in Minnesota pulling away along with Anthony Edwards’ clutch defense and free throw shooting. The Wolves repeatedly went to the big man in the post down the stretch, and going against smaller defenders without Rudy Gobert clogging the paint allowed KAT to get to his spots and finish. Towns stayed aggressive throughout his minutes, and although it didn’t always produce results, it paid off in the biggest moments. Towns shot the ball just three times in Minnesota’s disastrous loss to the Portland Trail Blazers he tied that number less than four minutes into Tuesday’s contest. Two days after possibly the worst and most passive performance of his career, Karl-Anthony Towns showed from the jump he wouldn’t be invisible again. ![]() Of course, getting that preferred result is much easier when one of the team’s stars reads the room and provides exactly what is needed. Adding to that W column in this moment, though, speaks for itself. Take, for example, the Minnesota Timberwolves’ 107-102 victory over the Brooklyn Nets Tuesday night: It seems doubtful that anyone involved with the team would say they played all that well, and another angsty loss sure looked to be in the cards at multiple points. Existence in a visible, results-based profession is a fickle thing. ![]()
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