Doc Rivers loses Game 3 for the Boston Celtics
Amazing call Doc Rivers! Having Ray Allen play straight up on Kobe Bryant has got to go down as one of the worst coaching decisions ever in an NBA finals game. No offense to Ray Allen as he is a solid defender and even though I rip Kobe Bryant frequently on this site there is no way in hell that you play straight up defense on Kobe Bryant when the clock is ticking down in a finals game! Kobe Bryant will score on you if not over you.
Before the timeout I was almost pleasantly surprised at how Doc Rivers was coaching the Boston Celtics to take the lead by using double teams on Kobe Bryant. Forcing Kobe Bryant to give up the ball in the final minutes was working despite a few three pointers Boston was closing the gap. So what the hell happened Doc after the timeout? Why the hell would you decide to start playing Kobe Bryant straight up? WHY?!?!? Unbelievable!
Not fouling in the final seconds was another colossal failure on Doc Rivers part. Why the hell was he not jumping up and down yelling at someone to foul! Doc Rivers let at least the last minute run off without so much as a double team or an intentional foul. You know what that is called Doc? FAILURE!
And another guy who needs to get the hell out of the game is Eddie House! This trigger happy bench warmer flung up anything and everything as if he would never get another chance off the bench!
You can’t say much about Odem or Pierce as fouls are fouls and once you start racking them up early your game is toast. But no excuses for Gasol and Garnett who just didn’show up to play and put out an embarrassing game.
This was a game Boston should have one and was capable of winning. Doc Rivers has no excuse for not making the calls a coach should be making in close game with a chance to win in the finals with the clock ticking away the final seconds.
Boston lost because you failed as a coach Doc Rivers period.
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