Before Game 1, Finch admitted that these Wolves have not played much zone this season because this group has not been as proficient at it as last year’s team. Nevertheless, Finch and defensive coordinator Elston Turner added in two new zone schemes to try to mimic some of Denver’s success. “We hadn’t played those zones before, technically, all year,” Conley said. “So it was brand new to us. Guys were kind of slow in rotations as we were trying to do it right, but we’re more of a man-to-man team, a physical team.”
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