Harsh way to go down 0-2 to Miami. The casualties in waiting are both named Mike. Anything less than an eastern conference appearance is a huge step back for Milwaukee. Getting booted from the playoffs by the guy you traded, after giving up on Melo, asking to show Capella out of town all so you could shoot a few more threes might be the end of both Morey and D’Antoni.
Mike could find a job in New Orleans and run that franchise into the ground, again, too! D’Antoni, that is. Morey might have a job in New York working for the Knicks if he’s lucky. Owners are going to look at him as having cost them a pretty penny but I’ll wager he still finds a gig from some woebegone franchise or another.
Budenholzer will probably end up latching on as a top assistant after he takes some time away. Or not, some top assistants always get jobs and he could be in line to slip into one of the slots vacated. Less pressure, more teaching, fits him.
Adam Silver has to be smiling as the games have been great but lots of gaffes by professional players that I can remember teaching my grandson and granddaughters never to do, like taking a shot in the last minute when the only thing that could help the other team was your missing or throwing the ball towards your basket. Heat almost blew it. Bubble brains.
Loved how Doris disagreed with Steve Javie, who never ever disagrees with a call made by his fellow refs. That was not a foul on Goran. Frankly, I prefer that neither call was made. Games like that should not end on the free throw line. Anyway, what are great playoffs so far. Two game 7’s. Top two seeds in the East down 0-2. Lakers on 4-game win streak. What more could you ask for? Maybe, a Clippers collapse?