Behind the NBA playoff success of the Timberwolves' Anthony Edwards of the Timberwolves

“Sometimes I will give something in my head that I want to tell him. Sometimes it's just a check-in because we didn't necessarily entertain a bit in this regard,” said Finch. “And I am very aware of giving space to our players. There are so many people who rely on them. I only speak in our own environment, could be other coaches, front office, training room, community. So I try to select my moments and to be targeted. [with Edwards]. “”

After game 1, Finch had to be a tone setting against the Warriors, but this moment does not reflect Finch's satisfaction with Edwards with Edward's overall performance in this post-season.

“We played 10 games and maybe he had two subpariele. It's great,” said Finch.

The Warriors used a tactic similar to the Lakers approach of games 5 – they flashed Edwards and dared to give up the ball, especially to Gobert. At the beginning of his career, Edwards might have asked for the moment. Possibly he wanted to shoot the wolves in a clinching game in the next round. But the more measured approach in both series paid off, with Finch Hines and assistant Pablo Prigioni preparing for the preparation of Edwards for “micross situations” that appear in every game.

“Sometimes it's subtle, sometimes it's drastic,” Finch said about the adaptation teams on Edwards. “The other day they were a bit more aggressive for him and he has 12 templates. That is what they want, because now they are bet that he won't make these games.”

But here Edwards is a player in his development. He will play the right games, even after saying in January that he was frustrated with all double teams with which he was confronted. This moment seems far away. In five seasons, he learned to deal with them, one late-evening SMS film meeting after the other.