Julius Randle’s blunt reaction to Chris Finch cussing out entire Timberwolves team

In the pursuit of a championship, the standards are so high. Anyone who can’t handle the pressure may not be cut out to play for a team with championship aspirations. This is what sets the Minnesota Timberwolves apart from the other teams, as they have plenty of guys in the locker room who want nothing more than to win and to be challenged in the process of doing so. On Thursday, the Timberwolves got their act together and evened up their series against the Golden State Warriors at 1-1 courtesy of a 117-93 Game 2 victory.

One man who took accountability for the Timberwolves’ Game 1 loss was Julius Randle, who decided that he was going to do his best Kevin Garnett impersonation with a 24-point, seven-rebound, 11-assist performance to lead Minnesota to a victory. The Timberwolves’ acquisition of Randle has been questioned many times in the past, but one thing’s for sure: he has been more than willing to be coached hard by Chris Finch’s unflinching and unfiltered style, and he credits the team’s bounce-back performance to the fire Finch lit underneath the entire team.

“He cussed us out pretty well. He was unhappy and you know, he let us know that he was unhappy and he felt that. We were pretty motivated as a team. The thing I like about Finch is, personally for myself, he can coach me hard. I might not like it in the moment, or whatever it is, but I love that he can challenge me like that,” Randle said in his postgame presser, via Timberwolves Clips on X (formerly Twitter).