Ralphb07
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chi_hawks_23 wrote:
What Doug failed to mention in his podcast though is Noah was not suppose to foul and if he didn't there's a good chance that there's less than a second or no time when the ball either hits the rim
Which is why I call it Monday morning QB. Boston had the final the final shot. When Vinny called his last timeout you knew Boston was getting the final shot. Pierce took the shot so it would be the final shot and Vinny is getting blamed because Noah made a dumb foul leaving time on the clock that wouldn't of been there.
Knowing after the fact there was 2.6 seconds left yes everyone including Vinny would want a timeout but that happen because Noah did something that no player should do so why blame Vinny?
We can't sit here and question it because we know the time. Now I will say this if the shot clock was on and there's a guarantee that no matter what we'll have 2.6 seconds than that's a different story but that wasn't the case.
Ralphb07 wrote:
If our team was a veteran team I think I would be with you on this but since there not and playing the defending champs in game 1 on the road I see nothing wrong with the timeouts. Also Pierce could of waited and took the shot at the buzzer which could of meant not even being able to use that timeout in the situation you're giving. Also if Noah doesn't foul how do we know by the time the ball hits the net that's there even time left. This is why they call it MONDAY QB.
I kind of agree with this...but then I kind of disagree with it as well.
Regardless of where you are at, when you know you are in a close game, you have to save at least a couple 20 second timeouts for the last two minutes.
I understand that Vinny was probably being over-cautious with the team, taking extra timeouts to ensure that they dont get rattled and that the home crowd doesn't get into it too much. But kinda like doug mentioned in his podcast, if Pierce nails that last free throw, we are hosed. Had we had a timeout, we can draw up a play, advance the ball to half court for our inbounds pass. 2.7 seconds is an eternity in those situations, and we could have had a realistic shot at a game winner, versus Millers heave from 85 feet.
Bottom line is that we won the game, but I seriously doubt VDN wanted to burn all of his timeouts so early. Hopefully its something that he learns from and corrects in the upcoming games and future seasons.
What Doug failed to mention in his podcast though is Noah was not suppose to foul and if he didn't there's a good chance that there's less than a second or no time when the ball either hits the rim
Which is why I call it Monday morning QB. Boston had the final the final shot. When Vinny called his last timeout you knew Boston was getting the final shot. Pierce took the shot so it would be the final shot and Vinny is getting blamed because Noah made a dumb foul leaving time on the clock that wouldn't of been there.
Knowing after the fact there was 2.6 seconds left yes everyone including Vinny would want a timeout but that happen because Noah did something that no player should do so why blame Vinny?
We can't sit here and question it because we know the time. Now I will say this if the shot clock was on and there's a guarantee that no matter what we'll have 2.6 seconds than that's a different story but that wasn't the case.