Captain_Caveman wrote:FlatearthZorro wrote:Captain_Caveman wrote:
Scapegoating Smart is the refuge of people who have never touched a ball in their lives. Ridiculous that people are still doing that after all these years of him being the heart and soul of this team and winning DPOY this year. Stop embarrassing yourselves lol.
FWIW, not only were those plays not even bad ones, we had already coughed up a 14-point lead to a superior team and were running on fumes late. The Bucks are defending champs for a reason and they made the plays when they needed to. Hats off.
You just can't take the last 3 posssesions and then 2 in game 3 was it or 1, when you're not that talented on offense. It is on the team as well, but these were awful plays, reminded me of last year, which I was starting to believe Smart overcame.
if you listen to Smart's explanation of the Jrue block play, he's saying that the inbound pass was supposed to go to Tatum, but that no one was moving. So he called for the ball because they had no timeouts and were on the verge of a 5-second violation. Replay all but confirms this. Tatum was standing motionless in the corner crosscourt with a defender right on him.
Again, bad excuse, 11.5 secs on the clock. You do not need to take a super hard contested shot, even if it goes. You have limitations on offense.
It is what it is, game is done. Kinda disappointed some of the bad traits fo Smart are showing again after a fairly good season for him.