The season’s first NBA Coach of the Month awards have a new flavor to them ... Magic near the top of the standings. Minnesota’s Chris Finch earned the Western Conference honors for October ...

Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch ... Edwards said. Finch, who is in his fourth season as the team’s head coach, finished third in the NBA’s Coach of the Year award voting earlier ...

Finch had surgery to repair a ruptured patellar tendon in his right knee. Dave Campbell | The Associated Press Timberwolves coach Chris Finch ... s Teammate of the Year award Wednesday.