Timberwolves head coach rips team after loss despite 62 points from Karl-Anthony Towns: ‘Immature basketball’

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Karl-Anthony Towns may have scored a Minnesota Timberwolves franchise-record 62 points, but Minnesota didn’t come away with a victory. 

The Timberwolves blew an 18-point lead and lost 128-125 to the Charlotte Hornets on Monday night. 

Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch during the Pistons game at Little Caesars Arena on Jan. 17, 2024, in Detroit. (Nic Antaya/Getty Images)

Minnesota head coach Chris Finch lit into his team, focusing on the lack of defensive effort. 

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"It was an absolute disgusting performance of defense and immature basketball. All the way through the game. So, it really didn’t slip away. It had been there from the jump. This is what happens when you have this type of approach," Finch said after the game. 

Towns shot just 2 of 10 from the field in the fourth quarter as Minnesota was outscored 36-18 in the final frame after entering the fourth with a 15-point lead. 

"I mean, there's lots of times when, just because you've scored two or three or four points in a row, or baskets in a row… you know obviously we're going to try to feed a hot hand, look for a hot hand. But at some point, we got to get back to making the right play, we got to get back to doing the right things," Finch said when discussing the way his team played after Towns’ hot start. 

"There’s a lot of ways to be immature. There’s always a lot of ways to be immature. And there were a lot of immature performances throughout the roster. We totally disrespected the game, ourselves, and we got exactly what we deserved."

Leaky Black, left, of the