KidA24 wrote:tedbrogen wrote:rilamann wrote:If you had told me on July 20, 2021 that in 2 years coach Bud would be fired and gone.
I would have believed it.
He was probably gone if they lose that Nets series. His refusal to make an adjustments while KD was single-handedly winning game five was almost the nail in the coffin for him.
But PJ Tucker gave a speech and guarded KD that whole game?
I'm so confused.
KD did torch Tucker but most of KD’s points during that massive fourth quarter comeback in game five were because the Nets spammed the high PnR with Brook’s man and Brook was dropping back so KD was just walking into whatever shot he wanted and when Brook tried to drop not quite as deep, KD got to the rim with ease.
Same game where no one on the Nets besides KD and Jeff Green could hit a shot if I am remembering correctly.
Bud really should have put Giannis at the 5 in the fourth and then aggressively trapped the high PnR to get the ball out of KD’s hands. No one else was getting them back from down 15+. Harden couldn’t run. Kyrie was out. Just get the ball out of KD’s hands and don’t let Jeff Green shoot open threes and the Bucks win game five by double digits.
The Bucks players basically won five straight that series but Bud sabotaged game five himself.
Bud did make some nice adjustments in game six. And game seven they won one of those classic grind games they are so good at. Helped that regular season Jrue randomly showed up late in the fourth quarter of game seven after playoff Jrue was there for the first 44 minutes.
