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Here’s all you need to hear from Josh Smith of the Atlanta Hawks:

“He’s a great finisher around the rim, so we sagged off of him a little bit and tried to make him shoot jumpers or get rid of the ball, and he made us pay,” Smith said.

He’s talking about LeBron….who was held to 4 points on perfectly executed team defense. So What happened? Atlanta changed its strategy in the third quarter and backed off because James became more aggressive in going to the basket. That provided space for James to shoot without hesitation.

Let me see here….Cavs score 39 in the first half….59 in the second half. LeBron scores 4 in the first half…32 in the second half. Why in God’s name would you change your defense in the second half? Because Mike Woodson is the coach. YES…THAT Mike Woodson. He of the 84-191 career record. Mr 13-69 in his first year. Mr “Never won more than 30 in a season”.

Well…now he has better players, but he still gave a game away. An important game that his team could have won. And he sat and watched LeBron beat him without so much as a double team down the stretch. How can you watch a man score 32 in the half, and NOT double him like you did in the first half? It’s called stupidity. It’s called lousy strategy. It’s Randy Wittman-esque. You NEVER see elite coaches fuck this stuff up. But there’s a second fraternity in the NBA. The losing coach fraternity. Guys who can’t get it done, but continue to get head coaching jobs. Many of them become assistant coaches and wait until the main guy gets fired. Guys like Bernie Bickerstaff….well liked in the league, but rarely able to keep a job.

Ol’ Bernie actually got the post Lenny Wilkens Sonics to the playoffs back in 1987, 88 and 89. After that, Bernie got swept in his 2 other playoff appearances (the .500 Washington Wizards), and finished his mighty career running the Bobcats into the ground. But he had a 20 year career. And Bernie is the Dean of the loser’s fraternity because he made the playoffs. Look at randy Wittman:

78-159 career. Never more than 30 wins in a season. Currently 4-27. He’s a fucking zucchini. He’s been in the league 16 years.

Now, Mike Woodson has no excuses. He has good young players who are easily good enough to make the playoffs. But if they do, he’ll be thrown out of his favorite coaching fraternity.

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