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Originally Posted by saber
why was roy hibbert not in the game?
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Inexperience. Frank Vogel and the rest of the coaching staff blew it. Not just on the last play, but on the previous play too. They got burned twice with Hibbert on the bench. How do you not have your biggest defensive piece on the two biggest defensive plays of the game? Vogel claimed matchups. There is no matchup for Hibbert, he is a wall.
From a player standpoint, Paul George's inexperience also blew it. He played LeBron too tight when what they really wanted was to force James to take a jump shot. It allowed LeBron to blow past him when he caught the ball. From near the top of the key James caught the ball, turned, dribbled once, and layed it in, in less than 2.2 seconds. I bet you Paul George learned a lesson there.
Man, what a game.