Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch made waves Friday night after he had an explosive outburst toward officials when his team was playing the Oklahoma City Thunder that resulted in in Finch's ejection less than six minutes into the first quarter. 

Assistant head coach Micah Norri took over after Finch was removed, but not before Finch charged toward officials and had to be held back by his coaching staff. 

It seems that Norri managed just fine thrust into his new role, and the Timberwolves on the court followed suit. Minnesota pulled off a 112-107 win against the NBA's best team and once Finch was finally able to speak on his ejection at practice, he had nothing but praise for the way that his team responded. 

"I definitely wanted to make my point, I thought that  on the tone was being set in the wrong direction and I just wanted to set about trying to change things," Finch said (via Timberwolves). "All credit to the guys, they really picked up the pieces."

Finch continued, "The staff did an incredible job of navigating that game. The most important thing is that we got the win and that our guys responded and we played well over the last three-and-a-half quarters."

The source of Finch's issues with officials was the way the game was being called against his team. Anthony Edwards and Julius Randle both endured hard contact from the Thunder defense that went uncalled for fouls. Finch made his opinion clear before his ejection and what followed in the game was a relief for Minnesota when it came to receiving whistles. 

The Timberwolves ended up shooting 33-47 from the free throw line in the game, 17 more attempts than the Thunder had. 

Finch didn't outright take credit for the shift in officiating that occurred after he left the game, but he just stressed that his intention was to advocate for his team and try to combat what he perceived was unfair officiating against his players. 

He was also happy to see the way that his reaction fired up his team in the quarters that followed.

"Ideally, whether it shakes out to be 47 free throws or 27 free throws, you need the game called in a way that's even on both sides. That's everybody's goal in this game," Finch said. "Maybe there's 57 free throws that could have been shot in that game last night, who knows? It's just trying to bring some intensity to the moment and have everybody react and respond to it."