I think it was also frustrating they hid the tournament standings on the NBA website.

They were in such an awkward place that I could never navigate to them from the home page, but just had to Google search and click the direct link each time.

Hopefully they keep it and invest a bit more in marketing it beforehand.

Completely opened the floor to him and dared him to use his left hand. Really exposed a big weakness if Chet can’t finish. Great job by Naz on the rotation too.

Wolves at 3 is too low.

Everyone hated those players in their era. Rodman and Laimbeer were the league’s heels for their entire careers.

HS basketball coach here. The most critical things we do as coaches in my opinion are: pre-game strategic planning, mid-game adjustments, clock management, player rotations.

We have the same role conductors do in an orchestra. We don’t play any of the notes, but we have vision over the entire game and can see the court better than each individual player. When they fall into a trap, we can explain what happened to them. If the offense or defense switches their scheme, we might notice it before the players, we strategize during timeouts to try and counter adjustments the other team is likely to make. Some coaches were legendary for wanting to control every aspect of their team’s offense, as much as an OC in football.

Coaches are undervalued for their impact, but it’s still up to the players to be able to execute the plan and there are more mid-play adjustments the players have to make on their own than football players since they don’t have as many stoppages.

Of all those other sports, I’d say hockey is the closest, since it’s live and relies on movement to generate scoring opportunities.