“We did not put a shoot, it’s obvious, but I did not like the fact that we could not generate, with Constance, good shoots. We should be able to. »» With this observation, Chris Finch points to the main concern of his troops in the Game 1 lost in front of the Warriors. With an almost aphone Anthony Edwards in the first period, the Wolves struggled to score points.
The 5/29 to 3-PTS was very villain, just like the 16 lost balloons. This leads to register only 88 points, at home.
“We have not worked hard enough for the second or third position”, juge Mike Conley. “There were times when the Warriors came out on fire in the area, we put a dribbling and there, everyone was in the same place, rather than spreading the game again, overthrowing it. This is what to do against them. You have to make them move and for that, the players must move and make the right choices. »»
No more traffic, more simplicity
Wolves should therefore be patient and lucid. The defense of Golden State is strong, it will not be put into difficulty quickly, so a minimum of work will be necessary, to destabilize it, exhaust it.
-“The easy action will come and it will be necessary to do it in due time”continues the playmaker. “We should not be satisfied with the first position, insulation. We must continue to work, penetrate once again, go into the racket, make them work more than once. Another action, more penetration. It requires a little more energy and we could not find it. »»
For the greatest regret of Chris Finch, who expected much more from Anthony Edwards. “It is one of those matches where he arrived with, in his head, what he wanted to try to do rather than simply play with what was offered to him”analyzes the coach on the performance of his rear.
In short, “We have to do better in terms of rhythm”confirms Chris Finch, going in the direction of Mike Conley. “The Warriors came out well on the shooters and there were a lot of players open next to them and we could have made one more pass to make them run a little more. »»
Rediscovering simplicity will also be important for the Wolves. “When we face a huge defense, we come back to the Ba-Ba of basketball”, claims the former jazz player. “Little things count even more. We are not going to only choose an advantageous duel and insulation and get out of it. You have to move two or three times, you have to cut, give players to the players correctly. All this counts and we did not do it in Game 1. ”
