Timberwolves Coach Chris Finch Suffers Injury in Collision, Exits Game on Stretcher 🏀🚑

Dur­ing Game 4 of the NBA Play­offs, Min­neso­ta Tim­ber­wolves head coach Chris Finch suf­fered an injury after col­lid­ing with point guard Mike Con­ley. The inci­dent occurred late in the fourth quar­ter as the Tim­ber­wolves faced the Phoenix Suns.

Con­ley was fouled by Devin Book­er and crashed into Finch while attempt­ing to main­tain his bal­ance. The impact result­ed in Finch suf­fer­ing a torn patel­lar ten­don in his right leg. He was helped off the court by med­ical staff and trans­port­ed to the lock­er room on a stretcher.

Despite the unfor­tu­nate inci­dent, the Tim­ber­wolves man­aged to secure a 122–116 vic­to­ry over the Suns, com­plet­ing a sweep of their first-round series. 

This marks the team’s first advance­ment to the sec­ond round of the play­offs since 2004. The Tim­ber­wolves will have to nav­i­gate the remain­der of the post­sea­son with­out their head coach on the sidelines.