Again, this game should have been a loss as Nate did almost anything in his power to try to lose the game. The fact that McMuffin got outcoached by Kevin McHale itself is sad and pathetic.
First off, Nicolas Batum was the man tonight. The only person not noticing this was Coach McMuffin. Did Nate not see his boxscore tonight of 12 points on 4-7 shooting, 6 boards, and 3 dimes in ONLY a mere 23 minutes. Can you imagine if he played 30+ minutes tonight?! AND were was Batum in the 4th quarter McMuffin? Why wasn't Batum in the game when Ryan Gomes hit a three with 10 seconds left? I would have to assume Mike Rice or somebody with some BB IQ told McMuffin to put Nic back in on the final play with 6.7 seconds left. Boy, Foye's shot looked damn good, but hit the back iron. Just like the Knicks game, no justice for the better coach...
And the next dilemma from the game was: Is it Sergio or Bayless? Sort of like when Mike Martz of the St. Louis Rams were deciding if they should start a struggling Kurt Warner or a rising Mark Bulger (boy he has fallen and Warner is the Phoenix that has risen). BUT in this situation, which is once again, mind-boggling and hurts my head trying to decipher it, McMuffin is casting both Sergio and J-Bay to question their games IMO. They have to be thinking why am I not TRUELY the guy...
Normally, Sergio will hit one shot, but once he makes a silly turnover or throws up an ugly shot, that will be Nate's cue to sub back Blake in. The ugly flat shot was the case tonight.
Bayless, on the other hand, is not playing towards his strengths. McMuffin is trying to have him play the way McMuffin wants and not the ways J-Bay is best at. Turnovers and some bad no-calls from the refs tonight pretty much doomed Bayless tonight but like Sergio, he got one nice driving layup...
I said it earlier, no justice for the better coach even if his name is Kevin McHale.
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