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Wolves' Finch irked by calls: 'Maybe we gotta start flopping'
DENVER — In his Monday night pregame session with reporters, Minnesota Timberwolves coach Chris Finch reiterated his frustration with Jamal Murray's 16 free throws in the Denver Nuggets ' Game 1 win.
In a roundabout answer, Finch shined a larger spotlight on what he believes is a leaguewide trend of scorers exaggerating contact while driving into the lane and flailing away to draw a whistle.
Finch then compared it with his two leading scorers, Julius Randle and Anthony Edwards, who combined for nine free throws in the Game 1 loss. Denver shot 33. Minnesota shot 19.
"Julius is not a flopper," Finch said. "Ant is not a flopper. They are physical drivers. They play through the first line of contact. A lot of times, that point of contact, if you were to spill away, you get a foul. But if you keep going, [referees] take a play-on mentality."
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Timberwolves coach says his team should 'start flopping' after free-throw disparity vs. Nuggets
DENVER (AP) — Timberwolves coach Chris Finch hasn't gotten over the free-throw disparity in his team's series-opening loss to the Denver Nuggets.
“Maybe we ought to start flopping, too,” Finch said before Game 2 on Monday night.
More specifically, he was agitated about Jamal Murray going 16 for 16 from the free-throw line. Finch called Murray's 16 attempts a “head scratcher” after Minnesota's 116-105 loss Saturday, when the Wolves shot 19 free throws.
Murray said after the game he didn't know what the fuss was all about because he was repeatedly fouled by the physical Timberwolves.
“What do you want me to say? They weren't all fouls. Some of them were fouls,” Finch said Monday. “The league's in a place right now where you draw the contact, and you spill away, and you get rewarded. Guys who try to play through contact, that first level of contact, and stay with the drive and all that, they tend not to be rewarded.”
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