12-23-2019, 04:59 PM
(12-23-2019, 04:47 PM)SportPsychMav Wrote:(12-23-2019, 04:41 PM)SkenfromLMF Wrote:(12-23-2019, 04:35 PM)SportPsychMav Wrote:(12-23-2019, 04:28 PM)ItsGoTime Wrote: RC making his best attempt at shedding the "veteran's coach" title.
(12-23-2019, 03:56 PM)SportPsychMav Wrote: Still puts the loss on Rick.I'd say the biggest percentage of the fault lies at his feet, but not wholly his fault. The players still have to play the game too.
He didn't really put them in a position to succeed in the fourth. That ultra small ball experiment just screamed cocky experimenting to me.
Players have to execute, but that was still majorly influenced by coaching.
Nurse is an excellent coach. Rick is too
I don't think that was experimental coaching as much as it was an attempt to offset the press with 5 + ball-handlers. I have said that the answer should have been 4+KP with KP understanding that he is a pass-only pivot in the middle. I was shocked the adjustment did not get made at half-time AND/OR the adjustments were not more effective.
Why would you do that though? I don't see how 5 ball handlers should be good against the trapping.
Finney Smith at center was just super weird. 3 guards is fine, but 5 small players is just apeshit if you want to get stops.
The thinking is that Toronto's offense during the press was transition breaks. IF you can break the press that limits what Toronto was using on offense. That approach worked until Lowery went into beast mode. Then the thinking becomes if they are getting our bigs into trouble switching the picks on Lowery using DFS as the 5 means your best defender is the one switching from the pick.
I didn't like it, but I knew that Rick was scrambling trying to get the team's bearings back. Ultimately the last 2-3 minutes of the 1st half were the difference when they trimmed 8 points off the lead. The 4th was bad, but ultimately they were in a position to extend the game in the last minute...