Podziemski came away from the game with a black eye, which appears to have come from an elbow as Gobert shed him in the post on the play above. Warriors coach Steve Kerr also took issue with the officiating so far in this year's playoffs.

In the eyes of Timberwolves coach Chris Finch, the Warriors are turning into a football team to try to stop Rudy Gobert - and they got away with it in Game 1. The Minnesota head coach unloaded on the referees and the Warriors defense on Wednesday,

At Timberwolves practice on Wednesday, the team held a film session, typical times of blunt assessments of how the team performed — no sugarcoating, no dancing around the main issues. That was especially true after the Wolves underwhelmed in a 99-88 loss to the Warriors in Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinal series Tuesday at Target Center.