Brad Stevens at the post-game presser:
"I just called [my timeouts] when the mandatory timeouts were coming with exception of the JR Smith 3 in the 3rd quarter".
I'm grateful you're our coach Brad, but please, for the love of all that is good, spend a timeout earlier in the quarter if you see stretches like we've had in games 6 and 7, where both our offense falters and we're making defensive errors at the other end of the floor. Settle the team, draw up a solid play, and chew out our players when they fail to communicate on defense. We're not experienced nor good enough yet to "figure it out" and play through these bad stretches yet. This has proven true time and time again this season, particularly in the 2nd quarter.
Heck, he even said that their inability to extend the lead in the 2nd quarter was one of the more notable stretches of the game for him.
Fix this, get healthy, and we're going to make a legitimate championship run next season.