Netaman wrote:there are 3 takeaways from this game going forward (imo).
1. KD played his worst game as a net. Forget that it was just a 1 point loss, either he bounces back from that and they will advance or he doesn't and they won't. They continue to put too many minutes on him. He is playing 40 minutes every night and that's just not sustainable. Last year he only played 5 games over 40 minutes, this year he's played 15.
2. Nash is terrible. The team is always sloppy on small details. They have a tendency to fall into iso ball when motion/passing is working to get good looks (that patty mills cut before the kyrie drive and dish is one example that was well called out by JVG). The team actually played some of their best ball when KD was resting to start the 4th. Whenever they involved the centers in screen and rolls to get switches they got good looks inside and a lot of easy baskets. Claxton played really well, as did Drummond. Nash needs to do better or he's gone.
3. The supporting cast this year is a lot deeper than last year's team. A lot. Seth, Mills, Drummond, Claxton, Dragic. LMA and Blake should probably even get some minutes to see if they can help inside if Boston decides to go big. Get those guys going and let Kyrie/KD come alive off of that. Those guys getting going is what got Kyrie and KD their best looks of the game.
so the good news is that the adjustments from here are really obvious. Play KD less minutes so he can be more effective. Match up better to the big lineups to not get killed on the glass. Let Patty and Seth (and dragic when he's hot) play more within the rhythm of the offense. go to the big guys when they have mismatches.
With better coaching this is an easy series without needing hero ball from KD and Kyrie. Boston was lucky to escape yesterday in ideal circumstances.
All very solid and true points with one exception
2 even if this team win the chip somehow ( which i give us about 10% chance for this to happen )i want Nash gone , gone , gone , thats how much he holds us back
I believe KD will bounce back , is it enough to win a chip ? Nope , not with this coaching staff
Precious years we had role players that we were complaining about DAJ , Cabbarott, and couple of others , this year who’s our weak point ? I don’t see it , i like all guys in a Nets uniform, even those who keep getting DNPs
Our problem is our coaching stuff who’s holding us big time
