Patrick Reusse: There's no doubt Chris Finch is the right coach for the Timberwolves
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And in Game 2, before and especially after his shoving match with great Suns guard Devin Booker, the Young Man Who Punched the Wall became the player who won a key playoff game when the shots were not going in for Edwards and Karl-Anthony Towns.
Forty-one and a fraction minutes. Twenty-five points on 10-for-17 shooting, including a couple of 3s. Eight rebounds, three assists.
Those eight-point, three-rebound nights were mentioned to Finch postgame and he was asked: "Was tonight what you see on the practice courts?''
Finch said: "I think it always is there, I think it's always been there. We just have a team full of guys … the Mike [Conley]-Rudy [Gobert] combination, we have Ant, we have KAT. He just has to find ways around those guys.
"We've said that when the ball is moving, it really brings Jaden to life. He's always been a barometer of our offense. There are things that he can do, and there might be times when we need to put the ball in his hands more often.''
Considering the circumstance, Jaden's best game for Wolves?
"Probably, yes," Finch said "Absolutely."
When such excellence is in there, I get a strong impression the Wolves have the right coach to bring it out.
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