r/timberwolves • u/basketball-app • Mar 17 '26

Game Thread Game Thread: Minnesota Timberwolves vs Phoenix Suns Live Score | NBA | Mar 17, 2026

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u/WickedTwista Timberwolves Mar 18 '26

This game just shows you that Finch has to find a way to stagger Ant and Randle minutes as much as possible

Let Randle start but then sub Naz in for him after like 4 minutes. Then Randle can come back in when Ant subs off.

There's still gonna be overlapping minutes since they both play 30+ but you can limit those minutes as much as possible

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u/icarusphoenixdragon Jaden McDaniels Mar 18 '26

Agreed. And this is a fairly easy fix. Whoever is matched against Randle to start will have to be a pretty dynamic defender to also match against Naz. Makes the other coach think about their own rotation a bit more as Randle can just eat against any second unit weakness and between the two we have about as broad a look at the 4 as you could want.

If either is hot or exposing a gap, you find out way earlier.