No coaching can help that kind of poor offense at the end of the game from a normally very elite offense and that was the main reason we lost. I personally think the team just looked done with the game and worn out pretty early on both ends.
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He didn't try Kessler on Embiid at all in the 2nd half. At all.
If Kessler prevented Embiid from scoring on nearly 100% of his shots it would have been a massive improvement.
He had Vanderbilt in. So no.
I never said he tried everyone in the 2nd half. Please read before ripping your shirt. In fact, just few posts down I specifically said he had Kessler in to defend him in the first half.
I dont know why he had Vando in late, but Hardy likes him and Kessler/KO/Lauri combo might not work to his liking as he rarely seems to run them. Probably too slow to cover wings from driving in and tough on guard switches.
Your argument was that he exhausted all options. Clearly, he did not.
Stop there.
You said he didn't try Kessler for offensive purposes. But since Vando was in late, that argument makes no sense.
It was such a head scratching move not to try Kessler on him in the 4th. It makes zero sense and is probably the dumbest coaching decision that I have ever seen. Even the worst coach in the world would have tried bigger players on Embiid in that situation.
Ehh, the Jazz couldn't score with the spaced lineups they were playing. You put Kessler in and you are just doing Embiid a huge favor on defense. Hes also eating a rookie alive like baby food. Jazz had a much better chance at outscoring Philly than getting consistent stops on Embiid, so play to the strong offensive lineup over the defensive lineup.
The bigger crime was not giving THT more minutes
I could buy this argument if we also didn't have Vanderbilt out there instead of just going 5-out and rolling with Lauri at the 5.
Thanks for telling me what my argument was, except it wasnt an argument (just stating what happened) and you still didnt read it correctly even though I asked you to. I said he tried all our bigs on Embiid.
In my opinion Vando is better than Kessler offensively. Do you disagree? If not, then my argument there makes sense.
PS. go watch last 3 minutes of 1st quarter (Kessler on Embiid minutes). After watching, does it feel like its a good idea to go back to that?
They ran iso with Embiid on every drive when Kessler was in. Embiid drove and shot at will on him. Only time Kessler stopped or slowed him was when he fouled him.
Here are few of those plays:
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Got to get rebounds to finish possessions, plus opportunities for adding possessions via hustle
Just because he didn't go all out on an offensive lineup doesn't mean him foregoing playing Kessler doesn't make sense from an offensive view point.