11-07-2023, 04:20 PM
Would the second half minutes still be good if you factor out the closing 5 mins? I’m too lazy to do that math. But I wonder how much of the difference is just that closing strength.
I’m on the fence about Kidd as a coach. But I gotta say, I remember the huge, huge difference he made as a defensive player over the back half of the 4th quarter. It was an enormous part of our 2011 run. We would just smother teams to close out games. I would watch for the clock to hit 6 mins because that’s when the whistles would usually be scheduled for a stretch of fair play.
I’m on the fence about Kidd as a coach. But I gotta say, I remember the huge, huge difference he made as a defensive player over the back half of the 4th quarter. It was an enormous part of our 2011 run. We would just smother teams to close out games. I would watch for the clock to hit 6 mins because that’s when the whistles would usually be scheduled for a stretch of fair play.