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I am not a big basketball fan myself, but I enjoyed all the statistics and thought behind the performance of a coach when the stakes are high. Definitely knowing how to adapt to the opponent is going to determine whether you advance or not. It is also a big topic that some players don't perform as well when they get to the playoffs. I wonder if the players have a better/worse performance because of the coach’s influence.

Really nice post!

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This guy knows ball.

I wonder how different the regular season would be if there were far fewer games in the schedule and coaches/coordinators can actually prep for each individual match up rather than the constant just-trying-to-stay-alive of the regular season.

Nice write up :)

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Was definitely a question I thought about as well. I think the quality of games would go up a lot, and we'd hear much less complaints about the lack of interest/urgency from players during the regular season. Coaches would also definitely get more time to gameplan, and I would guess that fewer of the regular season "pretenders", like this year's Kings or Cavs, would come into the playoffs so highly seeded.

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Thanks for reading!

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