Minnesota Timberwolves HC Chris Finch was on one on Wednesday. The fifth-year veteran coach earned his first-ever career ejection in a game that saw the Timberwolves defeat the Phoenix Suns 121-113.
Minnesota Timberwolves forward Jaden McDaniels was ejected with 20 seconds remaining in Wednesday night's game against the Phoenix Suns after poking Suns guard Devin Booker in the face at the Footprint Center in Phoenix.
Minnesota Timberwolves forward Jaden McDaniels was ejected for an incident with Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker at the end of their game.
Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards had to be the middle man after head coach Chris Finch got ejected against the Suns.
Phoenix Suns star Devin Booker gets involved in a physical altercation with the Minnesota Timberwolves Jaden McDaniels in the final minutes.
Devin Booker had a Suns-high 20 points (8-of-13 shooting). His eighth field goal assisted by Royce O’Neale at 9:51 put him under 100 points from breaking the Suns' all-time leading scoring record held by Walter Davis (15,666). But the Suns had a lull after that Booker shot.
Devin Booker and his Starting Five initiative unveiled a newly renovated basketball court at Palomino Park on Tuesday.
At first, Jaylen Clark didn't realize Chris Finch was calling for him to go into the game. "When he said my name, I'm like 'Jaden (McDaniels) already down there,'" Clark said after the Timberwolves' eventful win over the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday night.
The last time Minnesota Timberwolves coach Chris Finch coached a game at Phoenix’s Footprint Center, he didn’t finish the game, after Mike Conley crashed into him and ruptured his patellar tendon in Game 4 of last season’s playoffs.
Three injured rotational players forced Chris Finch to rely on his bench, where he got 53 points from Rob Dillingham, Naz Reid, Jaylen Clark, and Luka Garza in a blowout win.
Alexander-Walker was all over the place in Phoenix, and it meant everything to a team that was trying to find an identity.