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I can see into the future and tell you how this is gonna go… the winning team made adjustments, the losing team did not.

Probably.

:wow:

Are you Miss Cleo???? :nerd: :lol:

Bron had a quote today about adjustments are easy to talk about but not always easy to enact.
What does Bron know, tho? :lol:
 
For some reason you like to live in absolutes. Great coach =/= winning the chip every year. Just as great MVP level player means your going to win every year. There seems to be no area for nuance at all so I'll bow out for now and watch X-Men 97.

I'm watchin that too. :smokin

I'm not dealin in absolutes, that's a Ska phrase man. :lol:
League history shows MVP "level" guys or "elites" win every single year. But the coaches of those same teams rarely matter.

Jokic, or Mike Malone? C'mon.
Dirk, or Rick Carlisle?
Bron, or Ty Lue?

2004 is about the only year where the coach is more known than the #1 on the team.
 


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Well....this is awkward.

Not saying at all that the hot shooting didnt win them the game. But towards the end when BOS was trying to claw back, you can see Spo was trying to do his best to keep his guys calm and directed. He called timeouts to make sure runs were prevented. He also recognized that the hot shooting is there, and needed to preserve the win. If only our coach knew DLo’s hot shooting isnt gonna be there for him gms 3-4 (5 at most since im expecting the sweep), he wouda made sure to seal a win (rest his aging players in high altitude, called TOs to prevent runs, draw plays w 57 sec left, etc). So yea, coaching def matters
 
The Heat also went away from their zone defense because it got destroyed in game one, went to a switch defense, limiting the Celtics three pointers (season average 42 vs tonight's 32).

Celtics also failed to press up on the Heat shooters leading to the threes (Tonight's 43 vs season average's 34).
 
We can argue all we want. But we all know this team has MANY holes and missed out on golden opportunities to draft and recruit the right pieces in FA. But we didnt, hence this team is average at best with really good 1-2 HOF/GOAT type players. Add to that the coach isnt really all that good and had the best seats in the house minus the popcorn
 
Not saying at all that the hot shooting didnt win them the game. But towards the end when BOS was trying to claw back, you can see Spo was trying to do his best to keep his guys calm and directed. He called timeouts to make sure runs were prevented. He also recognized that the hot shooting is there, and needed to preserve the win. If only our coach knew DLo’s hot shooting isnt gonna be there for him gms 3-4 (5 at most since im expecting the sweep), he wouda made sure to seal a win (rest his aging players in high altitude, called TOs to prevent runs, draw plays w 57 sec left, etc). So yea, coaching def matters

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Come on guys. Y'all read this and think this how the NBA works? :rofl:

He gave the ball to LEBRON JAMES man.

You know Denver didn't run any plays with 57 seconds, right? :lol:
 
The Heat also went away from their zone defense because it got destroyed in game one, went to a switch defense, limiting the Celtics three pointers (season average 42 vs tonight's 32).

So when Boston wins the series in 5, we say.....what????

They countered the Heat counter? The Heat couldn't shoot 50+% anymore? Jimmy was out etc etc.

I can't believe you of all people buys into this **** :lol:
 
So when Boston wins the series in 5, we say.....what????

They countered the Heat counter? The Heat couldn't shoot 50+% anymore? Jimmy was out etc etc.

I can't believe you of all people buys into this **** :lol:
Look, I don't expect the Heat to win the series, but they're going to they'll leave every stone unturned this series. And we shouldn't complain one bit if they do. :lol:

I don't think they should've have won vs the Celtics in 2020 or last year, but they did. *shrug*
 
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Come on guys. Y'all read this and think this how the NBA works? :rofl:

He gave the ball to LEBRON JAMES man.

You know Denver didn't run any plays with 57 seconds, right? :lol:
Bro, that SOB Malone got lucky dude made the shot. Im not a coach but i wanna say most elite coaches would call a TO to draw a play when you have Joker on your team
 
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