@MichiganPacker2 posted:This is not on Bud. They shot 6 for 30 from the three-point line and most of those were good looks. 11 for 19 from the line. The guys that missed those shots are to blame, not Bud.
If they shoot 10 for 30 from 3 and 15 for 19 from the line, they win by 8.
I respect your opinion, MP2. Always do. You give extremely well thought out answers, and I don’t for one second question your acumen when it comes to sports, especially basketball, where you are clearly more knowledgeable than I. I’ve enjoyed the game since I was a kid, but I’ve never invested myself heavily into the X’s and O’s of the game. Baseball is my true forte. I know that game, and its history, like the back of my hand
The reason I put so much of the blame on Bud here-and again, if you believe that the thought process was solid, that it was merely an execution shortcoming from the guys on the floor-I’ll agree to accept your position-it seems to me that others here have the same question I do. I’ve only seen them a few times this year, but if the Nets are a finesse team, why did we shoot 30 3s in the first place? Harden went out at the start of the game. He’s arguably their best perimeter shooter, is he not? We didn’t need to get into that kind of a game.
If we’re stronger in the paint than Brooklyn, why not force the issue? Let Giannis loose, and make the Nets stop him. While I understand that he was 0 for 3 from the line, I still think we should have played to our offensive strength, and when it became clear that our shooters were off tonight, we should have adjusted strategy. Instead, we continued to throw up brick after brick. I’m not even thinking “if we only shot ___ from 3, we win.” I’m thinking “if just a few of those missed 3s were attempts from inside the paint, which are higher percentage shots, and come with more trips to the line, we win.