can be interpreted two ways:
the obvious one – a day late and a dollar short.
the other interpretation – if you lose because of a bad call, you're not winning by enough throughout the game leading up to that moment.
The game was lost when the Bucks chucked up horrible offensive possessions, forgot their strengths and folded as soon as the Hornets defense clicked up a notch, they did not control the clock or their emotions, and defensively allowed a 10-2 run to happen when up 4 with 4 minutes left.
The Bucks could have driven to the basket and forced whistles. Odds are they would have gone his way. Instead they drive and kick to shakey, well-covered perimeter shooters who came up dry. No one attempted to create new opportunities off of the kick outs to drain the clock.
Instead, Ball drove to the paint 3 times in 2 minutes, forcing whistles. Bucks challenges got exhausted and that's the game.
Doc has no clutch game plans. None.
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A day late, a dolla short. Giannis could have won it still if me made that mid range shot. But the game was lost when bucks gave up so many offensive rebounds. They lost that stat 8-16. Charlotte got 21 second chance pts. That really hurts in a 1 pt game.
I don’t think the gameplan was very flawed, I think it got screwed up due to the rotations. Same happened in the Cavs game without Giannis. They get something going with the 2nd unit and that kinda prolongs Giannis/Dame sitting, then they get plugged back in and expected to run the show out of rhythm. They’re superstar players so I’d expect them to be able to handle it, however, they both struggled in their respective situations.
As for the final possession, I don’t mind that shot. I’d rather have Giannis learning to trust that part of his game in November against the Hornets than testing it out in June. People complain about him being a one-trick pony especially late in games, well this is how the change is gonna have to happen.