NBlue wrote:KillMonger wrote:This is what i don't get with Clifford.....Ok so we had energy and rhythm with Fultz and Vuc playing towards the end of the 3rd but i get it you can't play them every minute so you bring in DJ and the company....but when they came in they held on for a little then you started to see the energy and momentum slip and slip and slip....CLIFFORD SEES THIS.....AND DOES NOTHING....stick to the chart....don't bring them back in earlier to stop the bleeding....keep them on the bench because....reasons? where's the IN-GAME adjustments?
So -- we all saw this and I'm sure Cliff does also but he really has limited options. You bring back Fultz too early and he is not going to have enough gas. He actually did bring him back well earlier than usual. The fact of the matter is that Cliff isn't playing with a full deck -- its really damn hard against a stacked Bucks team especially when they are hitting shots.
To me if there is one criticism here its failing to play Clark in the 4th. He was playing the best D on the team on Giannis and shooting better than Evan. This was probably Evan's best playoff game - ever - and he was still godawful. I don't know who to beg that Evan opts out this year but that is probably the biggest positive that could happen to the Magic this offseason....
Fultz played 31 minutes he would of been fine at the end of the game since a good amount of time he's standing in a corner anyway but what i'm saying is clifford has a problem in-game with adjustments he just sticks to whatever he always does....i mean did DJ really need to play 26 minutes?
Forcing that DJ/Fultz lineup killed us in certain spots because when Fournier came back in the game with DJ and Fultz guess what he had to guard Kris Middleton and Evan couldn't check him.....at least Ennis made things tough Middleton he was into him bumping him great contests just overall more physical but clifford again sees this and continues to ride that DJ/Fultz pairing into oblivion....
You're right about Fournier i hope he opts out too, i just wish clifford also had an opt out as well....people say "maybe if he had a better roster" Naw not buying it....I just think as a coach you got to be able to make those in-game adjustments when needed and clifford is just too set in his ways for me.....If this is obvious to me, it has to be obvious to Weltman and Hammond who has a wealth of knowledge of the game...