Chris Finch after loss to Bulls: ‘The defense fell apart’

Chris Finch after loss to Bulls: ‘The defense fell apart’

I mean defense fell apart you know super loose on defense I think um in Story I mean they hit a bunch of Threes too to tighten the game up in um but I think it was uh 27 second half uh transition and offensive rebound Second Chance points

So um you know they got the easy stuff and the stuff then uh that they needed back you know and um couple huge game plan mistakes like when the you know when we still had a cushion um that we just failed to execute defensively and then they generally uh got us with a

Three you know so yeah were you seeing more like game plan errors communication wise what what what break down it was just like late reactions you know pin down curl vot switch three behind it we got to ve you know we got to we got to

Veer that switch that um the switch on the pick and roll we got to get up and pressure them off the three-point line those that’s six points right there that’s um you know just literally game plan stuff so right at the end of the regulation I think Kyle got a technical

File what what did you see from there what did they say anything to you about what happened there I mean it seemed to me like an incredibly quick um and unnecessary at that point in time uh call um just reacting to a play in the moment I don’t think it was over demonstrative

Or um I don’t think there was any you know excessive uh discussion or language used or anything like that um just really really quick just really quick so with uh Drummond was on the offensive Class A lot there they had started the the two centers how did that how did you

Match that look and and what would you like to do differently to you know make be better on the defensive class against two bigs yeah I mean we should have been I mean we needed to get an extra body down there on drubbing um you know and and we we couldn’t

Consistently do that Rudy had was coming to help like he should and we just weren’t giving him the support on the glass offensively uh like we needed to you said it was more uh defensive in in this one was another late game situation how would you assess the late game offense

In in this I mean not not great a couple key turnovers um uh you know try to win it all by ourselves at times I me we were doing a good job of driving and kicking driving and kicking and we we did it okay we got some decent looks

Down there at times we made some tougher plays but um you know our willingness to move late in the game was just wasn’t where it needed to be kind of going back a few weeks now Charlotte games San Antonio Orlando kind of high double digit leads that have disappeared have

You noticed that the theme in in these games I mean it has to be focused has to be focused in intensity as much as execution um um you know you get you play well you get up and then I don’t know you know it’s it’s a question for

For the guys but um you know our seriousness has to maintain a high level um just because we’re up doesn’t mean that the other teams going to go away um and just the the the turnovers in the threes the turnovers in the transition and the turnovers in the offensive

Rebounds it’s just too many too many bites at the Cherry for them questions Chris uh were did you the spacing what do you think that was causing some turnovers as well I mean driving into crowds I guess I mean a few here and there but uh you know we’ve

Been you know I didn’t think it was one of our worst performances of that but I just I did think we had to cut for each other a little bit better and open up some clear clear driving lines and passing Lanes so with Kobe white uh had

Had a really big second half what do you think I mean you mentioned some of the game plan mistakes and stuff what specifically in the actions I think had 30 in the second half would you like they’ve done better against Kobe white uh well I mean I think um first of all

He got a lot lot of those in transition early which is what got his motor going um I kept switching different guys on them maybe to see if the you know we could give a different look on them um you know I maybe we could have trapped

Him taken the ball out of his hands but um yeah seemed like they were trying to pull CLE into that action they did a lot there what what’s what’s the the answer in that situation is that just he needs to take that well I mean the I mean we a

We tried to send it the opposite direction and we didn’t get that done um and then when we did send it off uh cat at that point in time like he’s got to press up and get him off three-point line [Applause] so

Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch reacts after loss to Chicago Bulls.
#MinnesotaTimberwolves #Timberwolves #NBA #ChrisFinch #ChicagoBulls #Bulls