Chris Finch knows exactly what he's doing. The Minnesota Timberwolves wouldn't be several steps from a second consecutive appearance in the Western Conference Finals if their head coach didn't know how to pull the right strings.

The Minnesota Timberwolves scored just 88 points in an 11-point loss to the Timberwolves on Tuesday, but head coach Chris Finch says the fault does not solely lie with his team. According to Finch, the officials are also to blame for allowing his players to be "physically beaten" on the floor.

At Timberwolves practice on Wednesday, the team held a film session, typical times of blunt assessments of how the team performed — no sugarcoating, no dancing around the main issues. That was especially true after the Wolves underwhelmed in a 99-88 loss to the Warriors in Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinal series Tuesday at Target Center.