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Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch was left furious with NBA referee Tony Brothers.
During the Timberwolves’ 115-108 loss to the San Antonio Spurs in Game 3 of the NBA Western Conference semifinals on Friday night, tensions boiled over between Finch and Brothers.
With 5:12 left in the fourth quarter, Finch tried to call a timeout to reset his team, but Brothers, who was standing near the Timberwolves’ head coach at the half-court line, delayed granting the timeout by three seconds.
During the stoppage, Brothers was seen approaching Minnesota’s huddle, as though he was looking for a confrontation.
He and Finch were seen arguing, with Wolves players forced to step in to separate the two as tensions quickly escalated.
After the game, one reporter asked Finch: “I’m not sure I’ve seen players hold a referee back from their head coach before?”
Finch responded, “Pretty unprofessional, huh?”
“I wanted the timeout. I had called it 3 seconds earlier and I wanted the timeout.
“I said ‘I want my 3 seconds back,’… because he clearly heard me. He looked my way, ignored me, went on with the play and almost cost us a turnover.
“So, and then you know, he lost it.”
“Then I went to ask him where the ball was going to be taken in and he screamed at me for that. So, completely unprofessional behavior by him.”
Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards, who posted a team-high 32 points and six assists in the defeat, played down the confrontation.
“Competition at the highest level,” Edwards said. “We wanna win. Finchy wanna win. Tony Brothers is Tony Brothers. We all love him.”
Wembanyama continues to shine
After stealing Game 1 as Edwards beat expectations by returning to the court just nine days after hyperextending his left knee, the sixth-seed Timberwolves were dealt a hammer blow in the series by Victor Wembanyama.
The 7-foot-4 ‘alien’, in only the second playoff series of his career, asserted his dominance on the court when he posted 39 points, 15 rebounds and five blocks to lead the Spurs to their first victory at the Target Center since October 2022.
Wembanyama became just the fourth player since blocks became official in the 1973-74 season to register a game with at least 35 points, 15 rebounds and five blocks, joining his mentor Hakeem Olajuwon, Shaquille O’Neal (three times) and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (two times).
“It’s good to be [mentioned] along with the big fellas,” Wembanyama said. “I had to resort to some things that Hakeem taught me in the fourth quarter.”
That’s now 19 blocks in the series so far for the 22-year-old Frenchman, 15 more than any other Spurs player in the series, with Luke Kornet’s four blocks the second-most.
But that is just the standard that Wembanyama has set for himself.
He was named the NBA’s unanimous Defensive Player of the Year this season, and is still very much in contention to win the league’s coveted MVP award.
The Spurs hope to take a 3-1 series lead when they face Minnesota on the road in Game 4 on Sunday.
Stay up to date with the NBA across all our talkSPORT platforms – subscribe to our YouTube channel for the latest news, opinion, exclusive interviews and our daily unfiltered, unscripted show ‘The S* Word, from 8am ET.
Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch was left furious with NBA referee Tony Brothers.
During the Timberwolves’ 115-108 loss to the San Antonio Spurs in Game 3 of the NBA Western Conference semifinals on Friday night, tensions boiled over between Finch and Brothers.
With 5:12 left in the fourth quarter, Finch tried to call a timeout to reset his team, but Brothers, who was standing near the Timberwolves’ head coach at the half-court line, delayed granting the timeout by three seconds.
During the stoppage, Brothers was seen approaching Minnesota’s huddle, as though he was looking for a confrontation.
He and Finch were seen arguing, with Wolves players forced to step in to separate the two as tensions quickly escalated.
After the game, one reporter asked Finch: “I’m not sure I’ve seen players hold a referee back from their head coach before?”
Finch responded, “Pretty unprofessional, huh?”
“I wanted the timeout. I had called it 3 seconds earlier and I wanted the timeout.
“I said ‘I want my 3 seconds back,’… because he clearly heard me. He looked my way, ignored me, went on with the play and almost cost us a turnover.
“So, and then you know, he lost it.”
“Then I went to ask him where the ball was going to be taken in and he screamed at me for that. So, completely unprofessional behavior by him.”
Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards, who posted a team-high 32 points and six assists in the defeat, played down the confrontation.
“Competition at the highest level,” Edwards said. “We wanna win. Finchy wanna win. Tony Brothers is Tony Brothers. We all love him.”
Wembanyama continues to shine
After stealing Game 1 as Edwards beat expectations by returning to the court just nine days after hyperextending his left knee, the sixth-seed Timberwolves were dealt a hammer blow in the series by Victor Wembanyama.
The 7-foot-4 ‘alien’, in only the second playoff series of his career, asserted his dominance on the court when he posted 39 points, 15 rebounds and five blocks to lead the Spurs to their first victory at the Target Center since October 2022.
Wembanyama became just the fourth player since blocks became official in the 1973-74 season to register a game with at least 35 points, 15 rebounds and five blocks, joining his mentor Hakeem Olajuwon, Shaquille O’Neal (three times) and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (two times).
“It’s good to be [mentioned] along with the big fellas,” Wembanyama said. “I had to resort to some things that Hakeem taught me in the fourth quarter.”
That’s now 19 blocks in the series so far for the 22-year-old Frenchman, 15 more than any other Spurs player in the series, with Luke Kornet’s four blocks the second-most.
But that is just the standard that Wembanyama has set for himself.
He was named the NBA’s unanimous Defensive Player of the Year this season, and is still very much in contention to win the league’s coveted MVP award.
The Spurs hope to take a 3-1 series lead when they face Minnesota on the road in Game 4 on Sunday.
Stay up to date with the NBA across all our talkSPORT platforms – subscribe to our YouTube channel for the latest news, opinion, exclusive interviews and our daily unfiltered, unscripted show ‘The S* Word, from 8am ET.
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| 📰 Publicación: | talksport.com |
| ✍️ Autor: | Kerrie Jacobs-Bryant |
| 📅 Fecha Original: | 2026-05-09 11:17:00 |
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