Timberwolves coach Chris Finch gave his team an unvarnished view of what he saw in their Game 1 loss in Western Conference finals loss to the Mavericks in a 'rough film session' on Thursday.
Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09.coach Chris Finch gave his team an unvarnished view of what he saw in their Game 1 loss in Western Conference finals loss to the
"It was a rough film session," Finch said, matter of fact."I told the guys, 'It's been a long time since I've been this disappointed in your effort. Your performance, your attitude, your application and attention to detail just wasn't there.' The Western Conference finals started. Not sure if they got the memo. But they got it this afternoon.""We're the No.
Finch also brought up the fact that his team might have lost its focus in the days between its Game 7 win over thein the second round and the start of the Mavs series, much the way it came out flat in Game 3 of the Nuggets series following a three-day break that followed going up 2-0 in Denver. "I said to our guys, 'We're 3-3 at home, and we've had two kind of similar performances coming off stints of success,'" Finch said."There's a lot of ways immaturity kind of rears its head, and this might be one of them. But they've got our attention now, so there's no reason for us to be feeling ourselves."A Timberwolves source told ESPN it was about as fired up as he's ever seen Finch.
"Fatigue can't be a factor at this point of the season," Anderson said."I think after the film session we had in losing Game 1, we'll have a lot more energy and juice in Game 2.""I'm sure we'll come out and play better," Finch said."It's hard to imagine that we're going to play much worse.
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