Beaten by the Raptors and the Hawks, the Wolves had only dismissed a weakened Heat team before this duel against the reigning champions. This clear victory against the Nuggets is therefore the first success of the season.
Aggressive and motivated against the team that eliminated them in the first round of the last playoffs, Anthony Edwards and his gang showed what they could do best. But Chris Finch wants this attitude to stay…
“Maturity comes when you accumulate performances like these, so that remains to be seen”replied the coach, cautiously, when asked about the maturity of his teamwho therefore bounced back very well after a catastrophic second half against the Hawks. “But there was a lot of concentration. We executed everything we talked about, at a high level. »
Consistency is therefore the key word for these Wolves too often on alternating current.
“It’s about being consistent”confirmed Rudy Gobert. “We don’t want to be a team that just reacts. We want to be a team that has the maturity to hold each other accountable. »
For Anthony Edwards, it starts with him. Aggressive and effective against the Nuggets, the guard/winger must come to each match with the same mentality if he wants to take his team to the top.
“It starts with me, I can’t be selfish and worry about how many points I want to score. I just have to play the game, stay in the rhythm of the match. This is the main topic for me. I worry way too much about scoring, how many points I have and how many points I want to achieve, instead of just worrying about the little things, the rebound, doing the delay screens, doing the fallback defensive. »
| Shots | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
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| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| Anthony Edwards | 3 | 36.5 | 44.4 | 60.0 | 88.9 | 1.7 | 5.3 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 25.3 |
| Naz Reid | 3 | 25.4 | 52.9 | 43.8 | 100.0 | 0.7 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 16.0 |
| Karl Anthony Towns | 3 | 34.4 | 37.0 | 23.5 | 75.0 | 1.3 | 8.7 | 10.0 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 15.7 |
| Rudy Gobert | 3 | 31.2 | 57.1 | 0.0 | 68.8 | 5.0 | 8.3 | 13.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 14.3 |
| Jaden Mcdaniels | 1 | 23.9 | 83.3 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 12.0 |
| Mike Conley | 3 | 29.1 | 42.9 | 31.3 | 100.0 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 10.3 |
| Kyle Anderson | 3 | 26.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 1.0 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 7.7 |
| Shake Milton | 3 | 18.4 | 35.3 | 37.5 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 5.3 |
| Nickeil Alexander-walker | 3 | 19.6 | 25.0 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 3.3 |
| Luka Garza | 1 | 1.2 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Jordan McLaughlin | 2 | 3.6 | 33.3 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| Josh Minott | 2 | 1.6 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Troy Brown, Jr. | 2 | 9.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Leonard Miller | 1 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Daishen Nix | 1 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
