On To The Play-In: Comparing These Wolves To Finch's Rockets + Monroe's Return + Knight's Future

The Dane Moore NBA Podcast

Dane Moore

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4.9 • 666 Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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On today’s show, we recap our final regular season game of the year for the Wolves and look for nuggets from this game that are relevant as we look forward to the play-in and playoffs. We also reflect on a 46-36 season now in the books and compare this first the Wolves have taken the first steps that the Houston Rockets took a decade ago, when Chris Finch was an assistant on Kevin McHale’s staff. We also talk about what we saw in Greg Monroe’s return and discuss what Nate Knight’s future with the Wolves might be. — Comparing the 2021-22 Wolves to the 2012-13 Rockets — Finch hints at how the Wolves might pursue the Clippers matchup — What Greg Monroe showed in his return on Sunday that leads us to believe he might be able to contribute in the postseason — Nate Knight’s future with the Timberwolves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the day more NBA podcast brought to you by Blue Wire podcast.
0:17.5	It's coming at you a Sunday night after the wolves dropped the season finale against the
0:21.8	Chicago Bulls by four. The final score was Wolbs 120, Bulls, 24. Today's show, we're going to
0:29.4	talk about that game a little bit, but we'll also mix in some conversation on the Clippers
0:34.2	matchup and also just sort of reflect on the season
0:37.6	because we did get the chance to finally ask Finch
0:40.7	about the playing matchup and ask him
0:42.5	about just, yeah, reflecting on this season as a whole.
0:46.7	I actually just want to start there
0:49.0	by playing for you, Chris Finch's answer
0:51.0	when asked to reflect on what this regular season
0:54.0	has been for him,
0:55.8	for his players, and for the Timberolds organization.
0:58.9	Here's Chris Finch.
1:00.0	It's just 82 games are done.
1:01.9	Like overall, big picture, how do you feel about how this season went?
1:05.7	46 wins, you know, a 7 seed depending on the play out of playing.
1:09.5	But like just in general, what this team was able to accomplish. Yeah, I mean, obviously, we're really, really excited, you know, a seven seed, depending on the playout playing, but like just in general, what this team
1:11.6	was able to accomplish. Yeah, I mean, obviously, we're really, really excited, you know, 11 games
1:15.0	over 500, you know, got a big week ahead of us, got a chance to get into the playoffs, which is
1:22.1	no one would have predicted at the start of the season, really, except for our guys in the locker room, they talked about it on day one.
1:27.7	So credit to them, it's a good first step.
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