Swamp Fox wrote:
The Cleveland Cavaliers won 61 games this season. More than any other team. Mike Brown was on the bench. They played very well and beat a lot of good teams on a pretty regular basis. I don't think it's fair to blame the Coach for the pitiful way the team played tonight. The Cavs just flat out choked. Sure, we can say that it was all Coach Brown's fault if that somehow turns the blame away from the players, but It isn't the truth. The truth is that LeBron was awful, the Cav's defense was non-existent, Boston executed their game plan to perfection and the Cav's stunk the place up the entire game. sure, some of the blame needs to be squarely placed on Brown for not being able to energize his team in the second half so that they at least make a run, but they never did. I think it will be very tough to beat the Celtics in Boston but I wouldn't count tne Cavs out just yet. (although I think that the chance of winning this series is below 50%).
Coaching happens in the playoffs. There's a huge difference between winning a regular season game and winning a playoff series when the name of the game is adjustments. We saw it last year, and it seems that we're seeing it this year as well.
