These are the reasons by my observation which I think costed us the game
-boards boards boards, we cannot allow all the offensive boards and easy tip ins by Robin Lopez and Taj
-interior defense, we cannot defend the paint, we have Taj causing Al to get into foul trouble, nobody could defend any of the guards from penetrating, I think this is an area where Smart is missed
-silly turnovers by starters and rest of team, IT himself has 5 TO, lots and lots of silly mistakes, not careful passes (an area where I kind of predicted Rondo will strive in Chicago, Taj will benefit a LOT and other bigs from Rondo's unselfish plays)
-DWade's superstar night, I guarantee you, he will not have another 4-6 3 point shooting night, he isn't known for his 3 pointers, and it was a special night for him and delivered...Bradley played very good defense on that last play on him, great defense but even better offense. You cannot stop that
-Loving Brown and still do, he did well overall but his last TO contributed but not the root cause, we dug ourselves a hole early on and never really recovered. It is a good sign that Stevens is trusting him or allowing him to stay and play down crunch time and in a way, I loved the way he made that turnover...if we are investing our time and future on the kid, he must be given the time and experience, and I hope Brown remembers that turnover for a while, it will only help him grow. I cringed when he did that and thought he should've shot it, but nonetheless I thought it was great experience for him. In my honest opinion, knowing Brad, he won't give free minutes unless you earn it, and trusts you, the fact that Brown is already getting more minutes and more than Green and possibly Jerebko tells me he is moving up and Brad trusts him and definitely he has earned his minutes