Thunder coaching strategy backfires horribly in Game 1 vs. Nuggets, but was Mark Daigenault wrong?

Thunder’s late-game strategy goes horribly wrong with brutal missteps in loss to Nuggets

The Nuggets’ win over the Thunder Monday night felt like the exact embodiment of what it means to “steal a game.”

That Was All Mark's Dang Fault

Hypothetical: You are an NBA head coach and your team is leading a playoff game by three points with 11.1 seconds to go. The opposing team is getting ready to inbound the ball from under their own basket, they have no timeouts, and their best player is stuck on the bench. Do you foul and send them to the line, or trust your ferocious defenders—I forgot to mention that you have the best defense in the league—to get set and deal with what will sur…

Stiles Points: Youth and Inexperience Catches Up to OKC Thunder

The Oklahoma City Thunder are taking on the Denver Nuggets in the second round of the NBA Playoffs. Game 1 was given away by a young team.

Thunder’s Mark Daigneault sticks by failed late-game strategy vs. Nuggets: “I didn’t think that’s why we lost”

No hint of regret lingered on Mark Daigneault’s face after a victory fell out of his pocket. No tremor shook his hands. No waver crept into his voice. The Oklahoma City Thunder’s coach was born into the era of analytics, which claims it is a winning and smart strategy to hack opponents while up three points in the final seconds of fourth quarters. The era, largely, has been right. Because the logic is sound: Whittle away the clock before any att…

Thunder coaching strategy backfires horribly in Game 1 vs. Nuggets, but was Mark Daigenault wrong?

Oklahoma City's choice to foul up by three cost the Thunder on Monday night

NBA – As his team led from 3 points to 10 seconds of the term, Mark Daigneault thought he could do it with voluntary mistakes. Without success... «... Read more » Basket USA - The best of the NBA: news, live, results, stats, videos, transfers, rumors, jerseys, calendar, NBA 2K