The Warriors have become the envy of the NBA with their ball movement and understanding of how to find open shots.
Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns said teams like the Warriors are a “well-oiled machine” following Sunday’s 137-114 loss to Army at Target Center.
Towns believes the fact that Golden State’s core has been together for so many years will allow their offense to function without too much contact and cohesion, even with drastic changes, such as Draymond Green leading the second unit.
“Everything they do is similar to him and that’s because of the time they spend with each other,” Towns told reporters after the game. “Just for Minnesota, it’s a whole new team, so everybody’s trying to get used to each other and still trying to help each other.”
Minnesota was a playoff team in the 2021-22 NBA season and tried to build on that momentum that season by trading for Utah Jazz big man Rudy Gobert.
It was a trade the Timberwolves thought would propel them to the top of the Western Conference. However, while he is yet to pay the dividends, Towns hopes the loss to the Warriors is a lesson for where they want to be after the season ends.
“Their combination, it’s like an unspoken language,” Towns added. “We’ve got good tape to look at and learn from and understand where our mistakes are.”
“Understand why they did so well against us so that a team can try to do the same against us and also see what a championship team is like, steal some things and apply it to our team.”
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The Timberwolves don’t face the Warriors until February, so they’ll have two months to find chemistry on the floor and see if they can replicate what made Golden State so successful.
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