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Wow. Good post from you. I agree.

I agree they could have had more shooting. That isn’t Brooks’ fault. But the way he deployed the players he had is on him.

Scott Brooks was a miserable NBA coach. He had James Harden and washed Derek Fisher splitting minutes the year they made the Finals. Even worse, beyond washed Kendrick Perkins was splitting minutes with Serge Ibaka! And the worst part about that? Literally the only thing Perkins brought on...

Were the Thunder when they let Scott Brooks waste KD and Russ’ prime years?

Because the lakers win enough games off pure talent it masks the crappy job he has done coaching them.

No, not the same. Players whining about missed calls is blaming. That is a bad look. Coaches doing it is different. It is their job to support the players and also politic for the next game. But… Still shouldn’t ever be done in a “this is why we lost tone”. If you blaming the refs...

I hear you. But here is the thing that every coach at every level knows to be true. That is a panic timeout. It is a last second bail out when you see the possession getting away from your team. That is simply not being granted anywhere near 100% of the time. Probably closer to 50/50. Because...

Yes, I agree that the official should be looking at him. But his signal is awkward. It is a sidewise T that looks like a set call. So it is easy for an official to “ignore it” when Nurse is casually looking at the play with his hands up and not acting more urgently to get a timeout. In all...

Looked like the first time he was standing there signaling half heartedly toward the baseline. Not toward the official that is right next to him. When he stepped up the urgency and moved toward the official right next to him, Maxey had already lost the ball.

I watched the first quarter only. Went to sleep because it was way too late. I didn’t see the calls in question. But yes, they are wrong to take that outlook. Because blaming the refs not going to help the Lakers win game 3. They need to look in the mirror and figure out 2 things: 1) What...

Well, I did say things they needed to have a chance…

This is the correct outlook. Was Maxey held? Yes. Can you bank on getting that call on the road in a playoff game? No. And Nurse’s timeout call was late. Ball was already getting knocked loose. He needed to call it at least a second early to have any chance of being granted. 6ers can blame...

LeBron playing D and DLo hitting shots. Both things the Lakers need to have a chance.

Good point. Maybe not

Yeah… But Nurse needs to call timeout as soon as Maxey gets stood up and doesn’t turn the corner. Could have had side out with like 3-4 seconds.

Nah. Could have called a hold on Brunson before the ball went in. Game has been really physical and they been letting the 6ers get away with a decent amount of contact on ball handlers. I am okay with play on considering how the game has been called.

If the 6ers lose this game, and eventually the series… The last 10 seconds of play is going to be the reason.

Wow. Insane sequence

That took way too long. Obvious foul. And honestly not even that important a call.

And there was a lot of contact

It would have been fine if it had been a no call. Not fine to reverse the foul on the challenge, IMO.

Knicks are playing stagnant ISO ball. If anything is nasty, it is that.

Crazy that challenge was upheld

Right? You get punched in the mouth game 1, you either come back ready to go in game 2… Or you get punched in the mouth over and over until you lose. Pretty simple.

You are an idiot. The Lakers are going to lose this series in all likelihood. But you still don’t tank a play in game.