Timberwolves coach Chris Finch not happy with how refs officiated Victor Wembanyama's 12 blocks in Game 1: 'At least 4 of them were goaltending'
Let the game within the game begin. Chris Finch isn’t satisfied just because his Timberwolves stole Game 1 on the road against the San Antonio Spurs Monday night. The Timberwolves head coach is not pleased with Victor Wembanyama’s playoff-record tally of 12 blocks in Minnesota’s 104-102 Game 1 win .
In fact, he’s not convinced they were all blocks. Finch expressed his disappointment Tuesday in how officials called — or didn’t call — Wembanyama’s blocks Monday night. When asked about Victor Wembanyama's 12 blocks in Game 1, Chris Finch said that at least 4 of the 12 were goaltends, and that it was "alarming" that Wembanyama wasn't called for a single goaltend.
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com/sW0xBTYpUB — Dane Moore (@DaneMooreNBA) May 5, 2026 “When we looked at ‘em, at least four of them were goaltending,” Finch told reporters in a a media scrum. “Maybe even a fifth. To me it’s a little alarming that none of them were called.
“Here’s a generational shot blocker who’s 7-foot-6 who goes after everything, and there’s no heightened awareness that these blocks could be goaltends? ” Finch went on to specifically call out Wembanyama’s second called block of the game of a layup attempt by Terrence Shannon Jr. “The third possession of the game was a goaltend,” Finch continued.