I have the following questions:
Is Vinny Del Negro the worst fucking coach in the playoffs this year? How do you not double team Pierce at the end of the game, allow him to get to the one spot on the floor he loves to shoot from and not draw up one single play on offense during crunch time? He doesn't even have Rose drive and kick it to Gordon. Just give Gordon the ball, run around looking confused and then force up a stupid shot and hope it goes in.
If he had any brains at all, Da Bulls would have won this series already. And it's even less complicated than what I wrote above. At the end of the game, know where the shooters are. Double Pierce. Deny Ray Allen (one of the greatest jump shooters in the history of time) the ball. If he gets it, SWITCH ALL PICKS. Noah blew this simple principle three fucking times this series, sticking so close to Perkins that he created a makeshift picket fence to block out his teamate. Hell, Hinrich had to literally push him to get him to close out (late) on the last shot of game 2.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2LvvNzmv90
Watch as Noah fails to fucking switch again in Game 4:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KMPgnAxmHI
Either he's a complete idiot or Del Negro can't coach or both.
And I love Rose, but Rondo should not be putting up these numbers against him.
On the other side of the country, watch out for Denver. I gotta give Billups his due. He has made Denver into a much better team (although I don't know why anyone would think Iverson and and Melo on the same team works).
TM