The Minnesota Timberwolves took their home floor on Friday night against a depleted Los Angeles Lakers team missing All-Star forward Anthony Davis — as well as key rotation pieces in Thomas Bryant, Dennis Schröder and Juan Tuscano-Anderson — with a clear expectation: take care of business.
That’s exactly what head coach Chris Finch’s group did, defeating the Lakers 111-102 behind 29 points from Anthony Edwards. The Timberwolves delivered balanced effort on both ends of the floor that exhibited plenty of reasons to believe they are trending in the right direction.
“I see a ton of growth opportunity within [our group] on both sides of the ball, with the bench, with everything with the lineup combinations,” he explained.