Also, don’t forget Hali had a wretched shooting slump for about half the season… that’s where the overrated stuff comes from.

It would be an epic rematch if we faced them in the ECF, but Boston will probably have something to say about that.

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Out of every top 25 RS team ever, three lost in the second round. The 2016 Spurs and two teams captained by the Spider himself

This account is tearing into Mitchell

For them it’s Thibs, Thibs, Thibs, and more Thibs. As if there is a magic wand that a coach has and when a new one comes in we will suddenly become the showtime Lakers but with an impenetrable defense. KAT will have six three pointers and a triple double every game, and so on and so forth.

Everyone knows our issues on defense. That’s not even a debate.

I think everyone understands that a big part of our underperformance on offense in the playoffs is that both Detroit and Boston have excellent defenses.

But it’s possible to look at the offfensive skillsets of each player and the overall skill of the starters and conclude they are drastically underperforming that talent/skill level. That’s my view.

If I thought they were choking, I’d say it. IMO they are not.

If I thought they had a good plan but it was being ineffective I’d say it. I don’t.

You can visually see the total lack of organized player and ball movement.

You can visually see them walk the ball up unless Boston misses and Hart gets the rebound and tries to push.

Everything is a struggle on every possession because there is no offensive plan other than give it to Brunson and see what happens.

That has to be coaching.

I know that someone wasn’t me, unless you are stupidly distorting my opinion that Obi’s best role was energy guy off the bench, which has turned out to be about as spot on as one could be. Going into this game, he was averaging 15.9 mpg in these playoffs…the exact same amount he averaged in his last playoff run under Thibs!

The Obi issue was because he couldn’t defend.

He still can’t.

The Cavs are very good, but they are not as good as their regular season record. They aren’t as good as Boston or OKC. They are somewhere between us and those top teams.

So this series was probably closer than perceptions to begin with, but the Cavs are very banged up. They gave away 2 games to injuries and probably have a couple of players only out there now because it’s the playoffs. If they were healthy, they’d have a huge shot to win 3 in a row, but it’s going to be tougher from here.

There are rumblings that Atklinson is getting badly outcoached and is just a regular season coach. I’m not buying it. The Cavs are very good and coached very well. They are just hurt and this series was always going to be close.