From Celtics4ever:
"Jeff Green and George Hill did not beat us though. We took bad shot after missing shot after shot, and did not feed the hot hand. I still think we beat ourselves more than the Cavs beat us."
I 100% agree with this. We were up 15 in the second quarter and couldn't extend the lead. After Cleveland made their run we tightened up and couldn't buy a bucket from three. We were 7-39 from three.
When you are shooting that poorly, it demands change. To me the change is simple, stop shooting all the threes and attack, attack, attack, attack - relentless assault of the rim. Get to the line, get some easy buckets, etc. Also, you feed the hot hand.
These both seem like basketball 101 things. Continuing to jack up three point shot after three point shot when you're shooting that miserably seems like insanity to me.
We also should have gone with a Tatum/Brown back court to end Cleveland posting up Rozier or Smart 500-600 times with James and Thompson. I don't know how you let that go on endlessly and with great positive affect for the Cavs and terrible results for us.
I've seen Horford, Tatum and brown handle the ball enough to be confident they could get the ball up the court and initiate the offense. I'd take my chances with that rather than watch Rozier and Smart get pummeled for three games.
Great season, great coach, great team and players, great future. This year though, we didn't loose because the ball just "wouldn't go through the hoop" for us... or because the Cavs were far superior.
We lost because many of the players choked big time in game seven and couldn't hit shots. They're young, understandable.
We also lost because Stevens also choked in Game 7 and was unable or unwilling to make what appeared to be obvious and much needed changes during the game. He'll also continue to grow and learn from the adversity, like we all do...