Timberwolves Vs Clippers — Edwards Yelled at Coach Chris Finch After Late Dagger in 94-88 Win
In a 94-88 victory on Feb. 26, 2026 in Los Angeles, the timberwolves vs clippers matchup ended with Anthony Edwards yelling at coach Chris Finch after a late dagger, a spat that followed a disjointed but ultimately decisive win.
The Wolves closed out a low-scoring game 94-88 on Thursday night, with Edwards’ reaction to a late play drawing attention after the final horn. The outcome mattered because Minnesota held Kawhi Leonard scoreless — Leonard recorded a donut in the box score, including minutes played — while the Clippers were missing John Collins (concussion), their second-leading scorer from the earlier meeting.
Timberwolves Vs Clippers: Edwards’ outburst after a late dagger
Anthony Edwards came out putting on a show for a large crowd in Los Angeles, but the night still boiled over when he yelled at coach Chris Finch after what the coverage calls a late dagger. The exchange followed a tense finish to a game that replayed many 1990s-era possessions: low passing, contested isolation attempts and tough midrange shots.
Leonard held to zero, Collins sidelined with concussion
In the previous clash a few weeks earlier at Target Center, the Clippers had thrashed Minnesota by 19, with Kawhi Leonard dropping 41 points. On Feb. 26, 2026, Minnesota flipped the script: Leonard was held to zero points and did not log scoring, and he was described as nursing a sore ankle despite having 72+ hours of rest. Those circumstances, plus the absence of John Collins with a concussion, left Los Angeles shorthanded in scoring options.
First-half oddities: hot shooting, poor spacing, one three-pointer by halftime
Minnesota shot 61. 1% in the opening quarter, and early bursts — a pair of Donte DiVincenzo triples and a Jaden McDaniels dunk — suggested the Wolves might run away with it. Yet the Timberwolves’ defense allowed the Clippers to score 23 of 27 first-quarter points at the basket or the free-throw line. Los Angeles logged just one three-point attempt in that opening stanza and, by halftime, had made one three-pointer on 12 attempts, yet trailed by only six points at the break. Only two players scored in double-digits in the first half: Anthony Edwards and Donte DiVincenzo.
Fracas, poor execution and a costly free-throw battle
A fracas between Jaden McDaniels and Kris Dunn looked as if it might spark Minnesota, but it resulted in a flagrant foul for McDaniels discarding Dunn — a moment the coverage called predictable for Jaden losing his cool. After the incident, the Wolves ran a string of one- or no-pass possessions; even Mike Conley was dusted off and airballed a three-pointer. The Clippers slowly inched ahead by as many as six points, a margin that felt larger in the flow of the game, and Minnesota lost the free-throw battle by 11 in the third quarter — a deficit singled out as costly given Minnesota’s porous defense that night.
The game followed a narrow, morale-questioning win two days earlier over an injury-ravaged Portland Trail Blazers, a matchup described as a “moral loss” win, and Minnesota again struggled to find consistent energy out of the gates in Los Angeles.
When asked after the game about how a team of emotional players can balance playing with force without losing their cool, Chris Finch was asked directly and, per the coverage, "dropped a pretty awesome bar. " The precise words of that response are unclear in the provided context.
The immediate result is clear: Minnesota won 94-88 on Feb. 26, 2026, with Edwards’ on-court outburst and Finch’s postgame exchange becoming part of the story. What comes next on the Wolves’ schedule is unclear in the provided context.
