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Timberwolves Chris Finch headed to NBA All-Star Game
Timberwolves coach Chris Finch and his staff are headed to the NBA All-Star Game with Minnesota being the No. 1 team in the Western Conference at the cut-off date.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - The Minnesota Timberwolves already knew they had Karl-Anthony Towns and Anthony Edwards heading to the NBA All-Star Game.
After a 111-90 win over the Houston Rockets Sunday night at Target Center, head coach Chris Finch and his staff also earned a trip to Indianapolis. The Timberwolves improved to 35-15 on the season and remained atop the Western Conference. Sunday was the cut-off day to determine coaching staffs for the NBA All-Star game, and Finch and company will lead the Western Conference.
Finch came to his postgame news conference after being showered with water by his players in a celebratory locker room. It will be his first All-Star Game as a head coach, and the second for the franchise. Flip Saunders coached the Western Conference team in 2004.
"It hasn’t really sunk in yet, it really hasn’t. I mean it’s an incredible honor. I’m sure it’ll be an amazing experience and like these guys here, I’m sure those guys won’t listen to what I have to say either. It’ll be just like any other game," Finch joked after the game.
At 35-15, this is the latest the Timberwolves have been 20 games over .500 in a regular season since the 2003-04 team led by Kevin Garnett that went to the Western Conference Finals. Finch has 139 total wins over the last four seasons, which is currently second in franchise history behind Saunders.
Sunday, Edwards scored 22 of his 32 points in the third quarter and added six rebounds. Fresh off not being selected to the All-Star Game, Rudy Gobert had 17 points and 13 rebounds. Towns had 14 points and 10 rebounds.
The Timberwolves improved to 19-5 at Target Center, and got a pivotal win as they now hit the road for five straight games before the All-Star break. It turns out that won’t be much of a break at all for Towns, Edwards and the coaching staff.