This is a defeat that hurts very, very badly. At home, against Blazers already on vacation and who sent their C team for the match, Wolves lost (105-107). Inevitably, in the locker room, it was grimace soup…
“I wish I could understand” answered an annoyed Anthony Edwardsthe only Minnesota player who seemed motivated (37 points), to the point of monopolizing a little (too much?) his team’s attack. ” I don’t know. »
“It’s just a lack of respect for the game” he continues like this. “You have to treat all games the same. And that’s something we miss. »
For Chris Finch, there is “too many guys not playing well right now”Wolves remaining on three losses. “The ball losses, the extra possessions, the counterattacks. These are things that we haven’t done for a while and that have been coming back to our faces in recent games. They just played harder. »
An observation shared by Kyle Anderson.
“They just played harder than us” resumed the latter. “That’s what it boils down to. Especially at this time of year, the team that plays the best, regardless of talent or name, is going to win. »
The KAT/Gobert tandem is still questioning
For Wolves, this is the 19th setback of the season out of 38 games played against teams with a negative record. This inability to beat small teams is therefore recurrent, and problematic…
“It’s a tough defeat”concludes Rudy Gobert. “Compared to the standings and what we are fighting for, it was a home game against a team that had put aside its best players. It was an opportunity. »
A new missed opportunity for Wolves who are still struggling to play their two “Twin Towers” together. With Rudy Gobert and Karl-Anthony Towns together on the field, the team never manages to pick up speed or play counter-attacks.
And while Minnesota is currently down to 9th place in the West, with the prospect of having to play two play-in games to reach the first round, this is no longer really the time for experimentation.
