3. Doc's rotations are just frequently terrible and he often seems to not actually keep track of who is in the game and why. Can ANYONE explain why Ray played 40 minutes a game against New York and is playing less against Miami?
That's a decent point, though two games is a pretty small sample size.
He played 39 minutes in game 1 and was dealing with an injury in game 2. Does this qualify as bad coaching?
No, but playing him 40 minutes a night against a Knicks team, especially after Boston went up 2-0, just might.
Mike
Because he's too tired now, even after a week off? People always call for Doc to really limit the minutes the players get, but he's claimed on multiple that the players want to play the minutes and restricting their minutes too much keeps them from getting into any kind of rhythm.
Besides, he had to re-insert his starters in one of the Knicks games because the bench was doing poorly. That affected the minutes as well.
Let's see, a few weeks back the Celtics got hammered by Chicago and Miami which led to Doc resting the Big 4. They got a week off, squeaked by NY at home both times, and then finished off an injured Knick team in 4 games (which brought another week off).
Now, they are struggling against the same team that embarrassed them a few weeks ago. Doesn't seem to be a minutes-played-against-NY issue to me.
I don't know what the answer is, but I hope they find it soon.
