For months, Minnesota Timberwolves fans have been begging head coach Chris Finch to give rookie big man Joan Beringer some real minutes. The 19-year-old's upside is immense, and the Wolves have struggled all season long in the non-Rudy Gobert minutes. Yet Beringer had only played garbage-time minutes all season long.
Notably, entering Tuesday's game, the Wolves' defensive rating without Gobert was a 124.2, which is equivalent to the league's worst defense.
With Gobert suspended for Tuesday's game against the Milwaukee Bucks, fans were eager to see what Beringer could do with some rotational minutes -- and he didn't disappoint.