Listen, the long Mike Brown stays in Cleveland, the better for us.
Why is this? The guy coaches excellent defense, especially against a team like Boston. The only offense he hasn't figured out is the team with 2 6'10" players that can hit the three at a 45% clip.
Cleveland's weakness on defense comes at the C and defending the PF from the outside. Boston can't really exploit those weaknesses. Garnett does not spread the floor enough.
I don't think the problem was the 6'10" guys shooting 3's, I think it had much more to do with the 6'11" guy posting up who he was constantly throwing double-teams at.
When you need to constantly throw doubles at Howard, it is going to leave the perimeter open for great shooters to bomb away...and the Magic have great shooters.
I would have liked to see Brown try to single-cover Howard some more, and foul him, making him do it from the line, or prove he could really succeed in the post when the other team is not scrambling around and out of position.
Ultimately though, I don't blame Brown. He simply did not have the horses to handle Howard, and therefore couldn't handle the perimeter.
I think the Cavs would have had a much easier time against the C's, who don't have a matchup like that to exploit as much...although I still don't know if they would have won if the C's were healthy.
Mike Brown did not do a great job coaching. He could have tried some different things. But what lost the Cavs the series was the cheap owner (or dumb GM) who refused to take on Shaq's contract at the trade deadline.
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