shit play if we did have a time out left. Ouch
Yeah... I thought maybe the Wizards feed was wrong so I watched the last play on the Hawks feed and it also showed one time out left. I imagine at the timeout prior to that Brooks just gave Westbrook the “go” play if they forced a turnover to try and catch them in transition, which is fine since they were effective running all night, but a timeout should have been called when it was clear their whole team was collapsing on Russ as soon as he got the ball across half court. Might come back to bite them in the ass if that’s the difference between 8 and 9.
All that said, the fact that we’re even having these discussions is pretty remarkable given how abysmal this season started. Since April 12 they are 13-4 and of those four losses, three have been by one point and the other was an OT loss. They’re playing hard and competing every game which is fun to see.
Also, play Gafford more.