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1 week ago | 
zonecoverage.com | Andrew Dukowitz |Alex Dukowitz
After a gut-wrenching 128-126 loss in Game 4, a reporter asked Donte DiVincenzo about Julius Randle and Anthony Edwards’ struggles to score. “They had 19 offensive rebounds. We had 23 turnovers. It doesn’t matter who’s going to score. DiVincenzo said emphatically, “You can’t win a game with those numbers right there.”Donte DiVincenzo on Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jalen Williams scoring output tonight“They had 19 offensive rebounds, we had 23 turnovers, it doesn’t matter who’s going to score.
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1 week ago | 
zonecoverage.com | Andrew Dukowitz |Alex Dukowitz
I don’t think anyone had a 143-101 Minnesota Timberwolves blowout win in Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals on their Bingo card. Virtually everything went right for the Wolves. Still, with Game 4 taking place just 48 hours later, it’s natural to wonder what Minnesota can carry over to Monday’s game. Ball PressureThe Wolves often discuss the need to set the tone early on defense with their physical play.
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2 weeks ago | 
zonecoverage.com | Andrew Dukowitz |Alex Dukowitz
Jaden McDaniels said he wasn’t frustrated when he committed a flagrant foul on Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in the fourth quarter of the Minnesota Timberwolves’ 118-103 Game 2 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. “I just wanted to foul him for real,” McDaniels said nonchalantly. “I wasn’t even mad. I just had fouls to use.”Jaden McDaniels on his foul on SGA in the 4Q"I just wanted to foul him for real. I wasn't even mad.
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2 weeks ago | 
zonecoverage.com | Andrew Dukowitz |Alex Dukowitz
Chris Finch opened his post-game interview following the Minnesota Timberwolves’ 114-88 Game 1 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder by discussing Minnesota’s defense. “Our offense affected our defense,” Finch said pointedly. “That can’t happen.”Looking back on the loss, that rings true. The Wolves played solid defense in the first half, building a 48-44 lead.
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2 weeks ago | 
zonecoverage.com | Andrew Dukowitz |Alex Dukowitz
On September 1, 2020, the Utah Jazz were down 80-78 to the Nikola Jokic-led Denver Nuggets. Donovan Mitchell got the inbound from Joe Ingles with only 16.5 seconds remaining. He took the ball across halfcourt. As he drove to the rim, Bruce Brown stripped the ball right in front of Rudy Gobert, who was standing baseline.
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3 weeks ago | 
zonecoverage.com | Andrew Dukowitz |Alex Dukowitz
Sometimes, life is just not fair in basketball. Sure, they have the intro videos with Kendrick Lamar’s Squabble Up belting in the background and the player intros with screaming fans. The NBA has cool nicknames, like Rudy Gobert’s The Tower of Power, or Big Ru Go Bert, as Anthony Edwards calls him. Game 5: Hype video and IntrosSquabble up#WolvesBack pic.twitter.com/sZ90IybRdo— Andrew Dukowitz (@adukeMN) May 15, 2025However, they don’t have closer entrance songs.
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3 weeks ago | 
zonecoverage.com | Andrew Dukowitz |Alex Dukowitz
On March 14, 2016, Kawhi Leonard explained why he has such a quiet demeanor. “I don’t like to bring attention to myself,” he told Sports Illustrated. “I don’t like to make a scene.”Leonard earned his first All-Star appearance in 2016. He would win his second Defensive Player of the Year award and finish second to Stephen Curry in Most Valuable Player voting. At 24 years old, Leonard established himself as one of the best defenders in the 2010s and a rising star in the NBA.
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3 weeks ago | 
zonecoverage.com | Andrew Dukowitz |Alex Dukowitz
Naz Reid spoke on what it took to steal a win in Golden State after Saturday night’s 102-97 rock fight to take a 2-1 series lead. “Defense. Defense,” Neid said. “Stuff happens, not gonna play perfect for 82-plus games, so you have to figure out how to dog the game out and win it.”Naz would bring up defense again when reflecting on the game moments later. “We didn’t play the best basketball ourselves.” Reid continued.
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4 weeks ago | 
zonecoverage.com | Andrew Dukowitz |Alex Dukowitz
Jaden McDaniels sometimes gives a look to the camera. It’s a half grin. It’s subtle coming from a guy who has built a persona around having no emotions, but it’s there. The look is almost to say, I’m going to do something, Jaden McDanielsey. He gave me that look on Thursday, after the Minnesota Timberwolves’ 117-92 victory over the Golden State Warriors, in response to my question about why he enjoys playing on the road. “Everyone’s against us, I’ve kinda been like that forever since high school.
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1 month ago | 
zonecoverage.com | Andrew Dukowitz |Alex Dukowitz
Steph Curry planted on his left leg while closing out on Mike Conley in the corner with 9:04 remaining in the second quarter of the Golden State Warriors’ 99-88 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday. The play seemed harmless, and came just moments after Curry hit a stepback three to put the Warriors up 25-20. However, Curry, after planting, immediately reached to the back of his left thigh. Curry’s mouthpiece dangled from his mouth as he grabbed his leg.
