This trip to the Clippers was the night of all negative records for Wolves. Never had Rudy Gobert and his comrades scored so few points (88), converted so few shots (31) or generated so few assists (15) since the start of the season. ” We just couldn’t get a shot. We had good shots but we couldn’t put them», regretted their coach, Chris Finch.
” They were good at disrupting us, it was harder for us to get open shots “Judge for his part the French, who however appreciated the defensive toughness of his team, which also resulted in the lowest total of points conceded this season (99).
If the Clippers “won” the general clumsiness contest (38%), and the meeting, the Wolves did worse in the sole register of 3-point shooting: only 4/22. For the defense of Chris Finch’s players, several renowned weapons in this field (D’Angelo Russell, Karl-Anthony Towns or Taurean Prince) were absent.
Nevertheless, these concerns of distant address begin to weigh internally. With only 33% success and less than 11 baskets converted on average since the beginning of the year, the men of Minnesota occupy the bottom of the table in the league. And this, a year after being the team that shot and returned the most award-winning shots in the league (about 15/41), with a better percentage at 36%. The other night in Portland, Minnesota converted 10 3-point baskets against 11 for the only Damian Lillard opposite…
The right shots, in rhythm
” A 3-point shooting contest? I don’t know if that’s something we’re going to win most nights, because of our lower volume. We must try to create more. The most important thing is to try to limit 3-point shots conceded, given that we are not a high volume team ourselves. », let go of Chris Finchwhose team only shoots 32 times from long range this season.
With, in addition, a general drop in address at Wolves. ” They are encouraged to take good 3-point shots. But we also want to take good shots in the rhythm of our attack “, he continued. One of the solutions to his problem might be newcomer Matt Ryan. But since being picked up from the Lakers, the specialist has only made two short appearances.
“ There was a need for 3-point shooting, but at the same time, I’m still a young NBA player who doesn’t have the full trust of the staff I play for. That was one of the worries I had in LA. I thought I was one of the best shooters on the team but the opportunity just wasn’t there for some reason. From the feedback I got here, their 3-point shot is a struggle, gotta be ready », Displays the 25-year-old undrafted player who, at this rate, should end up having a real chance in his new club.
| Shots | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | bp | Int | CT | party | Points |
| Anthony Edwards | 27 | 36.4 | 45.2 | 36.1 | 75.5 | 0.7 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 22.7 |
| Karl Anthony Towns | 21 | 33.8 | 50.5 | 32.5 | 88.5 | 1.7 | 6.5 | 8.2 | 5.3 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 3.9 | 20.8 |
| D’angelo Russell | 27 | 31.7 | 46.1 | 35.5 | 78.9 | 0.6 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 6.3 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 16.6 |
| Rudy Gobert | 25 | 31.0 | 65.4 | 0.0 | 70.2 | 3.6 | 8.5 | 12.1 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 14.2 |
| Jaylen Nowell | 27 | 18.6 | 43.6 | 30.3 | 78.7 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 11.5 |
| Jaden Mcdaniels | 24 | 29.7 | 53.7 | 37.5 | 77.1 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 3.5 | 10.8 |
| Naz Reid | 21 | 14.6 | 53.0 | 31.3 | 67.7 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 8.5 |
| Taurean Prince | 18 | 19.5 | 49.5 | 38.9 | 86.4 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 7.9 |
| Kyle Anderson | 22 | 23.7 | 50.4 | 43.5 | 84.1 | 0.6 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 7.3 |
| Jordan McLaughlin | 18 | 15.9 | 42.4 | 23.5 | 100.0 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 3.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 4.1 |
| Bryn Forbes | 13 | 10.7 | 32.7 | 23.1 | 100.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 3.5 |
| matt ryan | 1 | 4.1 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| austin rivers | 17 | 14.3 | 33.3 | 22.2 | 92.3 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 2.8 |
| Wendell Moore, Jr. | 10 | 6.3 | 45.0 | 20.0 | 66.7 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 2.2 |
| Josh Minott | 2 | 4.3 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.0 |
| Luka Garza | 3 | 3.1 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 2.0 |
| Aj Lawson | 1 | 1.8 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| Nathan Knight | 10 | 2.8 | 60.0 | 0.0 | 60.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.9 |
