Minnesota Timberwolves coach Chris Finch told Wolves radio voice Alan Horton he was talking to Phoenix Suns guard Bradley Beal when he received his second technical foul and was subsequently ejected from Wednesday night's game.
In a league where guys like Draymond Green exist, "bozos" cannot be where the line is drawn for getting ejected.
The Minnesota Timberwolves spent much of the 2023-24 season bending other NBA teams over their knee and putting belt to ass. Sidestepping the whole Chris Finch lit a fire and possibly turned Minnesota's season around when he called the refs bozos.
Minnesota Timberwolves HC Chris Finch was on one on Wednesday. The fifth-year veteran coach earned his first-ever career ejection in a game that saw the Timberwolves defeat the Phoenix Suns 121-113.
Timberwolves coach Chris Finch seems to mumble something to Bradley Beal in front of an official and is promptly ejected from the game.
Apparently, Finch came into the day hot. His emotion was a carryover from one heck of a film session he had with the team Wednesday. “He woke up choosing violence,” said Nickeil Alexander-Walker, who had a season high 23 points.
At issue was a brutal second half in which the Timberwolves were outscored 49-40 by the zombie Hawks, who were missing Trae Young, Jalen Johnson, Dyson Daniels and Bogdan Bogdanović. The Wolves still needed to play Rudy Gobert 38 minutes, Anthony Edwards 35 and Mike Conley 31 to ensure they finished off the Hawks.
"One of the things that the fans love about your game is that the game looks easy to you, Rob," Timberwolves broadcaster Jim Petersen said to Rob Dillingham. "Is the game easy for you?" "I ain't gon' lie,
Forward Nickeil Alexander-Walker said after the game that coach Finch, "woke up choosing violence" and added that he's been yelling at everybody. Anthony Edwards also commented on his ejection, saying, "I think he went to sleep last night with violence on his mind."
The coach “woke up choosing violence,” went at the players harshly during a film session and didn’t cool before he got tossed.
Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch was ejected for the first time, Wednesday. What he said to earn that ejection is hilarious.