Injuries had nothing to do with both teams coming out of a timeout, only for KG to get a lob at the rim, uncontested, to go up one. Only for JJ to remain in the game and then blow it.
This is the same lob play that Jeffries tried to Fields back in March, when Melo was standing in front of him pleading for the ball. And when MDA was asked about said play after the game he said "eeeehhhhhhhhh mmmmmmmmmm those are tough plays you know, uhhhhhhhhhhhhh it's a Hail Mary at that point, so we just tried it and hoped" or something to that effect.
So I guess that he thought since those plays are so low percentage there was no need to protect against it when trying to protect your lead with literally seconds left on the clock? What's the reason for the team to not be prepared for that play coming out of a mother. ****ing. timeout when you literally have 20 secs to a minute to discuss what you're gonna do once you step back onto the court? Injuries?
Give. Me. A. ****ing. Break.
I hate this culture of excuses while ignoring details that seems to have been cultivated by the talking heads on ESPN. A win is a win, a loss is a loss and probably only occurred due to some excuse/event out of or control, and there are no details that directly lead to wins or loses, only boxscores.