Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Toronto Raptors
Monday, February10, 2016
Wolves Center GorguiDieng
On the game…
“We beat a good team. Especially today, the second best team in the East. We struggled in the first half and then we had a better second half and won the game.”
“We knew we needed this game and they’re a good basketball team, they were making shots and we just needed to tighten our defense a little bit.”
On the young starting lineup…
“It was good. It’s always good to learn, especially when you’re winning. We won tonight and we beat a lot of good teams, but like you said, we’re still young.”
Wolves Forward Andrew Wiggins
On the game…
“They’re one of the best teams in the East. We came out and weren’t playing our best basketball in the first half, we refocused in the second half, got physical and made shots. We’re going into the All Star break with a win.”
“We got back to the locker room and just talked amongst ourselves and we found out what we needed to do. We found out what was working and we kept doing it.”
On having more wins than last season…
“We’re in the right direction, we have all the pieces, the talent. We just need to put everything together.”
Wolves Guard Ricky Rubio
On the game…
“We were playing better. In the last game, we kind of didn’t show up in the game, so we had to fix it. I think it’s a good way to show how good we can be. This team has been playing amazing the last month. It’s a good way to go into the break. I think [it shows] what we are capable of doing and being more consistent.”
“I think the second quarter at the end, we made a run and we believed that we could win and smart plays at the end.”
Wolves Forward-Center Karl Anthony-Towns
On winning heading into the All Star break…
“It’s going to be great, we got a great win tonight against a very good team – a playoff team. We did a great job as a team coming back in the second half and I think that’s what we’re most proud of.”
On adjusting to the Raptors…
“We just found spots, we found spots. We did a great job as a team collectively grabbing rebounds, especially the long ones in the second half. We just did a better job.”
“We actually didn’t switch anything, we just actually started executing the game plan that the coaches had. We did a great job.”