Streaks of three or four victories in a row. Then other series of three or four defeats in a row. This is the diagram of Wolves since the start of the season, which have been on a roller coaster. After three victories against Texan teams after Christmas, they are now on three defeats…
The last one is against the Pistons, although they are an affordable opponent. Even more so when Anthony Edwards is in record mode, with 53 points. Except that, if we lose 17 balls and we are significantly dominated during the rebound battle, then we find ourselves in difficulty. And we bow.
How to finally find balance? Should we change five majors? “You ask me that all the time”laments Chris Finch, faced with a question from journalists already asked two weeks ago. “If I thought it was the silver bullet, then I would have done it already. »
The coach, in a way, tried this in the second half, playing little Mike Conley and Rudy Gobert to exclusively give the keys to Anthony Edwards. It didn’t work…
Too random efforts
“Right now, it’s like we’re playing out of rhythm. We are irregular”notes the leader, who did not score in this game. “One match, we have a lot of energy, then the other, no. One match, we are more competitive than the others. We have to find a balance, with our five, to start the meetings better. »
Rudy Gobert agrees with his former Jazz teammate. “It’s bad when you lose confidence in the team, when you lose confidence in who you are. This is where it goes wrong”confirms the pivot, only 6 points and 6 rebounds. “You have to keep working and not let panic or doubt affect who you are. »
Mike Conley insists the team “go in the right direction and don’t fall into bad habits, which would lead to a difficult season”.
But then we come back to the beginning: how to do this? Since, each time the Wolves have been good, they have only been so for a few days, before falling back into their fault.
“We can do much better with our body language because our effort is simply too random”regrets the leader. “When things go well, we do more. When things go badly, we lower our heads, we don’t come back to defense quickly enough, we complain to the referees. We need to break these habits and take the next action. »
