Chris Finch vocal on Anthony Edwards incident in Hawks loss
The Minnesota Timberwolves suffered its biggest loss of the season so far in a 126-102 loss to the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday. The team has now lost three of their last four games, but one of the bigger stories after the game was Anthony Edwards is leaving the Timberwolves bench before the game ended. After the loss, the head coach of the Timberwolves Chris Finch spoke about Edwards’ actions, according to Chris Hine of the Minnesota Star Tribune.
“Obviously frustrated with the performance, and rightfully so,” Finch said. But he has to stay on the court and support his team.
Anthony Edwards’ decision to leave the bench and go to the locker room early came after Chris Finch made the decision to pull the Timberwolves’ starters early because it was obvious the Hawks were going to win. The Wolves trailed 109-80 at that point, with more than half of the fourth quarter remaining. Edwards did not speak to the media after the game.
The loss dropped the Wolves to 21-13, and they lost their first chance to compete with the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference standings. The Lakers lost to the Pistons on Tuesday, falling to 20-10. A win would essentially tie the Wolves with the Lakers in the standings for the No. 5 seed.
It was uneven season for the Timberwolves until now. Before Christmas, the Wolves went 10-2, beating teams like the Oklahoma City Thunder and New York Knicks. But since their Christmas loss to the Denver Nuggets, the team has gone 1-3.
Anthony Edwards is still the star of the team, arguably the best guard in the NBA. Entering Wednesday’s game, he had appeared in a total of 26 games for only about 35 minutes per game. He had career averages of 29.1 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.4 steals on 49.7 percent shooting from the field, 39.7 percent from the 3-point line and 80.9 percent from the free throw line.
2026-01-01 01:26:00
