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[QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 3689906, member: 1414"]
Stevens is a great coach.  He simply played his hand poorly given the matchup problems that were in play.

Theis and Kantner can't handle Bam.  Grant Williams at least slows him down, but gives you little else.  Bob Williams impacts Bam even more and potentially alters the drives to the rim.  He should have played more.  If you don't trust him, then this team damned will needs somebody else who can defend an active player in the paint.

Herro was unstoppable.  They played Smart way too many minutes in the hope that he could contain Herro and he didn't slow him down at all.  For that you got Smart taking far too many shots on the other end of the court.  Had Smart shut down Herro (as he usually does) you could overlook his offensive end negatives.

There were other problems.  Kemba not shooting well.  Tatum taking contested shots.  But ultimately they had to play two guys who don't score reliably in an effort to defend, and it left the offense a mess (and the defense mostly failed anyway).
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