I hate to keep harping on the same point... But ONCE AGAIN, our offensive genius just cannot design a play to get his team a good look at the basket. 3 years I've watched this team... And the man may know offense but he certainly is no genius with the clipboard.
BOS was going to make anybody but them but Carmelo Of course. BUT, somehow Phil Jax always gets Jordan and KObe the ball. Dantoni had 2 options:
Start offense with 'Melo, let defense charge him and have him dish it to Jared Jeffries. YES. I actually wrote that. Or, I should say, Dantoni actually called for that.
OR
Have 'Melo inbound ball. Pass to Douglas. Anthony runs thru a couple screens and curls around as Douglas feeds him ball, where he drives or pops.
Either way... We lost this game b/c Doc RIvers ran circles around our coach. MD looked like the Euro player he was trying to guard HOF Rivers 1-on-1.
AND, not only does Dantoni fail to get his team a halfway decent look at a shot.... His defense looks absolutely lost again in the most crucial possession, like we were a bunch of 5th graders running around the court.
ONE ASIDE: Walker shoves Allen, who flops, and we get hit with a techinical. +1 for BOS. BIG BABY throws his shoulder into JJ right in front of the ref... no tech was called. -1 NY.
2 points turned out to be pretty huge down the stretch AGAIN tonight.
BOS fouls on every possession... err, they play great defense.