Timberwolves’ Chris Finch addresses Rudy Gobert’s pass-catching issues

“They know not to look to me for sympathy if Rudy drops one of their passes, because sometimes he’s going to. I tell them to keep throwing them. We have to. It pays off more than not… I’ll take some of those turnovers if we’re trying to make the right play,” Finch said, effectively claiming that he wants his team to continue passing it to Gobert despite the turnovers.

Of course, it ended up paying off in Minnesota’s latest outing, where Gobert was once again dominant defensively but had a couple of incidents with his pass-catching. The French international still finished with his second straight double-double, with 21 points and 12 rebounds.

He went 9-12 from the field and also had a steal and two blocks. Gobert continues to be a huge interior threat offensively as well despite currently averaging 10.8 points and 11.4 rebounds per game, the former being his lowest since the 2015-16 campaign.

Regardless, against the Jazz, the Timberwolves saw Ayo Dosunmu top-scoring in the absence of Anthony Edwards with 23 points, with Julius Randle also finishing with 21. The latter also had eight assists and four steals against Utah.

Further, Bones Hyland scored 18 points off the bench, going 3-7 from the three-point zone. For the Jazz, Brice Sensabaugh top-scored with a whopping 41 points while Ace Bailey and Isaiah Collier added 17 and 14, respectively. Minnesota will now host the Portland Trail Blazers while the Jazz will take on the Milwaukee Bucks, next.