Correct. It's definitely not Tatum's or even Grant Williams' fault. It's Joe Mazzulla and Jaylen Brown. Mazzulla is getting thoroughly outcoached by Spo. Really feel like he's got no plan out there for the offense. It's just Tatum and Brown doing whatever. He also never takes good timeouts. This was a problem in the first game when the Heat went on that massive 3rd quarter run and last game when the Heat cut the lead to 3. Even Reggie Miller said, "I would have called a timeout there." As for Brown, he's having a nightmare series. I'm a little surprised he hasn't tightened up that handle since the first time these teams met in 2020. It's still a big flaw in his game.crazy that the media narrative is blaming tatum and grant (who were our two most important players) when mazzula is out here not even being able to make basic thought processes like saying
"jaylen and al are playing like dogshit so instead lets try rob and derrick down the stretch."
"tatum's getting double and triple teamed every time down the court, let's give him some guys that can actually hit an open shot when he passes out of it to them"
"let's have grant in single coverage on jimmy and not help or try a different defender"
hope we get swept at this point bc if not the front office will just look at the meaningless wins as a reason to keep mazzula as hc. jaylen also not being the third best player on the court, and arguably not even the fifth (!) is a crazy letdown as well.
jimmy and bam are my two favorite non C's players so I just hope they are able to go all the way and get that ring
I agree with this. No way the Lakers let this one slip away at home. I expect LeBron to be super aggressive attacking the rim. No doubt he wants to prove a lot of people wrong.i think lakers win easy today? no way refs let them go down 3-0 especially at home where they haven't lost yet in the playoffs
the refs weren't enough..i think lakers win easy today? no way refs let them go down 3-0 especially at home where they haven't lost yet in the playoffs
I personally wouldn't say Joe should be fired because to be fair, he was thrusted in that situation. It is clear to me though that Boston has a mix of coaching issues and floor general issues. They lack a true point guard.
hopefully mazzula fired by wednesday and brad heavily explores replacement for al and trading jaylen. if we supermax jaylen i don't think this team will ever win a title