4 big qualms with KO's coaching tonight:
1) What the efff was he thinking with the rotations? Purvis played great early on in the first half and then barely saw the court. What gives? Hamilton and Gibbs couldn't buy a shot... shot a combined 3 for 21. Yet they played 34 and 35 minutes respectively. Purvis played only 24 after scoring 8 points in less than 5 minutes early. In a game where our starting PG Gibbs made 1 shot and had 1 assist all game, Jalen only saw 19 minutes. Enoch had 2 points and 4 rebounds in his 7 minutes, but disappeared from the line up as well. Hell even Omar made a few good plays, grabbed an offensive board and scored, but didn't see any additional time. Yet, somehow Cassell and Nolan are still getting minutes. They combined for 10 minutes -- 0 points, 0 reb, 0 assists. Wasted minutes.
2) We call time out with 50 seconds left, down 2... WHY NOT PLAY FOR 2 POSSESSIONS?! Take a shot within 15 seconds to give yourself another possession. Where's that NBA background?! Why didn't he do this?
3) Last possession we had a FOUL TO GIVE -- 5 team fouls. Yet, we did not pressure them at all. No attempt at a steal. There was no risk in fouling, so why not try to apply pressure on the final possession? Worst case scenario, go for the steal, we play overly aggressive, foul them and force them to inbound the ball again! Instead, we let them have their way on the perimeter, kill the time, and then in the lane as Gibbs' defense was non-existent.
4) KO does not provide any lift the team. I never see him motivating the team. He just sits there on the bench. I never see him in the refs ears. Nothing. It's getting old.
I love KO, but he needs to wake up and this was easily his worst game as HC.
