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Originally Posted by Usually Lurkin
If a bunch of yahoos on a message board can see something bad that's about to happen before the coach does, then the coach is making a mistake.
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What was that "something bad," exactly? The Nuggets scored exactly 5 points while that lineup was out there. Their lead expanded from 3 to 8. It wasn't until Dirk, Kidd, and Terry were brought back in that the lead reached double digits and beyond.
I'm sorry, but an 8 point deficit with 11 minutes left is nothing. Yeah, the lineup gave up a 5-0 run (one of which was a FT for a technical on Carlisle). Sure, that wasn't ideal, but let's not act like everyone foresaw this disastrous sequence with the questionable lineup out there, and then such a backbreaking sequence actually came to pass. It was a 5-0 run. That's two possessions. That sort of run happens 20+ times in the course of a normal game, regardless of what lineup is out there.
The game was lost after the starters were brought back in and the deficit ballooned to 15+. Not before.